RE: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.4 stability on Lions

Wiegrefe, Don J
2001-05-22T22:33:48Z

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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