Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.17 stability on Lions

Chris McDermott
2002-01-07T23:33:41Z

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 13:48 -0800, David Mosberger wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 10:20:15 -0800, Michael Madore <mmadore@turbolinux.com> said:
>
> Michael> Hi, I am seeing frequent lockups on my Lion box running
> Michael> 2.4.17. I have firmware 76 installed. Does anyone have
> Michael> this kernel running reliably on a lion box? If so, what
> Michael> firmware version are you using. I was running 2.4.9
> Michael> previously, and that seemed to be pretty stable.
>
> I suspect you need fw 99 or newer. Trouble is: I don't think Intel
> has released those newer versions on Quad yet.
>
> --david
>
And from what I understand, Intel does not plan to release on QuAD,
any fw greater than 83B. FW revisions > 83B are not supported on
Intel Lions, only OEM platforms. If you install an unsupported FW
revision on a Lion, and you experience H/W problems, Intel will not
support you. Speaking from personal experience here.

Chris