From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Helge Deller Subject: Re: HP J5600/J6750 64bit SMP CPU#1 stuck problems [was: Does there exists any 32bit-only PARISC SMP machines?] Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:06:55 +0200 Message-ID: <526C3CFF.2070005@gmx.de> References: <521F9848.4010404@gmx.de> <1377830541.2331.5.camel@dabdike> <20130903155643.GA1430@glitch> <20130904140705.GA30223@glitch> <20130904142847.GA2893@glitch> <52658989.5090508@gmx.de> <526590F0.8040504@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Dave Land To: John David Anglin , linux-parisc , Domenico Andreoli Return-path: In-Reply-To: <526590F0.8040504@gmx.de> List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org On 10/21/2013 10:39 PM, Helge Deller wrote: >>> On 09/04/2013 04:28 PM, Domenico Andreoli wrote: >>>>>>> J5600 is SMP capable in both 32bit and 64bit mode. >>>>>>> mine doesn't boot 64bit SMP since 2.6.22. I've never been able to trace >>>>>>> it down but can confirm it happens also on more recent kernels. >>>>> I confirm that smp parisc64 v3.11 doesn't bring up both the cpus on my >>>>> system but at least it boots one, something that didn't happen in some >>>>> darker moments since 2.6.22. >>>>> >>>>> similar "SMP: CPU:1 is stuck." happens also with debian v3.10-parisc64-smp kernel. >>>> BTW, this is the most detailed investigation I'm aware of: >>>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/20/251 I think we finally found the reason and a fix for the "CPU:1 is stuck" problem :-) See the patch I've just sent to the mailing list: [PATCH] parisc: Do not crash 64bit SMP kernels on machines with >= 4GB RAM https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3099061/ It would be nice if those people who had problems could verify if this fixes it. At least on the J6750 from Dave Land I was now able to successfully boot the 64bit SMP kernel. I think this should even fix the SuperDome SMP problem - if someone can test? If you might be too lazy to build yourself a kernel, just try my 3.10.17-based installer image: http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/debian-ports/unstable-boot-image/lifimage To select the 64bit kernel at boot, choose in IPL "0/vmlinux64" as kernel image. Usually palo would otherwise choose the 32bit kernel... In case you want to run a full installation, the instructions are available at http://wiki.parisc-linux.org/Debian_Ports_Installation Helge