Re: [Linux-ia64] Kernel: which machine to choose?

[David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>]

>>>>> On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 11:26:09 -0700, Uros Prestor <uros@turbolinux.com> said:

  Uros> Why is that?  Our kernels have been compiled with AzusA hacks
  Uros> enabled and we had no problems with our kernels running on
  Uros> BigSurs and Lions.

Any configuration with the string *HACKS* in it should be turned on
only for that machine.  You may get lucky at the moment and the
current AzusA hacks may not cause problems on Lion or BigSur, but I
won't guarantee that it will stay that way.  The AzusA hacks need to
be merged in cleanly with the existing source code so that #define can
go away (eventually, I don't expect this to happen over night).

  Uros> On another note, we are getting a lot more segfaults during
  Uros> builds lately.  The 0505 release which had the 2.3.99-pre6
  Uros> kernel was rock solid; after moving to 2.4.0 kernels the
  Uros> segfaults came back with a vengeance.  We did upgrade
  Uros> processors from A2 to A3 but I don't think this could be a
  Uros> culprit.  Any ideas on this?

Yes, we are seeing similar behavior.  I suspect the kernel's new
memcpy routine.  Can you try the old (and stupid) byte-by-byte copy
routine and let me know if that helps on your machines?

	--david