Re: [Linux-ia64] Hard "hangs" with 2.4.16

Chris McDermott
2001-12-11T19:15:11Z

David,

Thanks for the suggestion. The latest F/W I have is 97B. I upgraded to
this revision and it fixed the problem. It appears that anyone wishing
to run Linux kernels > 2.4.10 on Intel Lion SDVs must use an unsupported
BIOS. Intel, through their Merced SDV program, will apparently not
support a BIOS greater than 83B. The later BIOS builds are reserved for
use on OEM platforms only. So, I would assume that if you do install
the unsupported BIOS and your SDV dies, you would not be able to get
support from Intel. Would anyone from Intel care to confirm this?

Thanks,

Chris

On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 16:01 -0800, David Mosberger wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:49:45 -0800, Chris McDermott <lcm@us.ibm.com> said:
>
> Chris> Jack,
> Chris> Looks like my problem is something else. This patch didn't
> Chris> correct the problem.
>
> My guess is you need newer firmware. Try 99 or whatever else is the
> latest. (This firmware may still be hard to get; I didn't check
> recently.)
>
> --david