Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.4 stability on Lions

Michael Madore
2001-05-22T22:43:45Z

Hmmm, I'll check that out. I know that the adapter settings were
originally set to > 4GB. Not sure how they would have been altered.

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 03:33:48PM -0700, Wiegrefe, Don J wrote:
> While it is true you should always use the latest BIOS that matches your
> processor stepping ( in this case 76 ). The solution to your problem is to
> alter your SCSI host adapter settings to operate > 4GB. If you can use the
> SCSI FastUtil the setting to change is found under host adapter settings.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Don Wiegrefe
> Soft Sur/ Lion Hardware/BIOS Support
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Madore [mailto:mmadore@turbolinux.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:58 PM
> To: Matt_Domsch@Dell.com
> Cc: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
> Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.4 stability on Lions
>
>
> I just noticed that the machine locked up on me while sitting at the EFI
> shell prompt. I've downloaded BIOS 76 (latest available on Quad) and I'll
> see if that makes any difference.
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 04:06:30PM -0500, Matt_Domsch@Dell.com wrote:
> > > Has anyone seem any instability with the 2.4.4 kernel +
> > > David's patch on
> > > Lions? I have been running it successfully on a 2P C0 Big
> > > Sur with BIOS
> > > 103. On a 4P C0 Lion with BIOS 73, however, I consistantly
> > > get lockups
> > > after a short time. Usually I get a totally black screen.
> > > I'm going to try
> > > 2.4.3 and see if I still see the same problem. 2.4.2 seem to
> > > work fine.
> >
> > I had one lockup after about 18 hours of heavy stress copy-and-compare and
> > NIC traffic last night.
> > 4P C0, Lion B2 board set, BIOS 80. Black screen, no magic sysrq. I'm
> > trying to reproduce it now.
> >
> > Under normal light loads I haven't seen any issues.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt
> >
> > --
> > Matt Domsch
> > Sr. Software Engineer
> > Dell Linux Solutions
> > www.dell.com/linux
>
> --
> Mike Madore
> Senior Software Engineer
> TurboLinux, Inc.
> (650)228-5203
>
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