Re: AMD MP, SMP, Tyan 2466

[Artur Jasowicz <kernel@mousebusiness.com>]

Joe,
Thanks for your suggestions. I've tried Kingston registered DIMMs and got
the same result (crashes in SMP, runs ok with "nosmp" boot parameter)

I am currently trying to extract your kernel from .deb package, but am
running into RPM hell of circular dependency while trying to install alien
to access .deb archive.

Any chance I could bother you to put a tgz archive with kernel on your
dowlnoads site?

I've also downloaded source archive from your site, but I am not sure if it
is for the AMD mobo. The file linux-2.4.21.tz seems to be configured for
Intel chips, judging from .config file.

I'd rather borrow your kernel source than use your ready-made kernel. I
still have to compile Promise SX6000 drivers for it.

Thanks again

Artur

> 
> I shipped out two machines last week using the Tyan 2466, 2.4.21 compiled for
> SMP on Debian Woody.  My kernel includes support for promise, hpt, and 3ware
> ide raid cards. I shipped one unit with the 3ware 7000-2 and 2 WD-2000-JB
> drives and 4 x bt878 frame-grabbers, and the 2nd with 3ware 8500 (8-channel)
> and 8 x WD1200-JB drives.  Both machines went through their 48-hour
> heavy-load burn-in period without incident.
> 
> If the exact kernel tree and config would help, you can get it at:
> 
> wget http://www.briggsmedia.com/downloads/kernel-2.4.21.tz
> 
> Forgot to mention -
> I tried this board with PC2100 bought from the local computer store (don't
> know the name) and I got all kinds of weird problems like boot failure, file
> system corruption, everything except a memory error.  I then tried a 512 mb
> stick of kingston pc2100 and it completely solved the problems.
>