[Linux-ia64] Re: IA64 Kernel Question (David Mosberger)

["Robert K Gjertsen" <gjertsen@us.ibm.com>]

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

I tried out level 99 on a Lion and it seemed to work OK other than the fact
that
the fan failure light would come on (no fans were out) and the fans were
twice as noisy as usual. I backed down to 83B after talking with Intel
support.
I'm using RH beta 3 (2.4.9.7 kernel) and that is OK. I had problems
upgrading
from RH beta2 where I was getting random kernel panics until I scrubbed the
disks
and did a fresh install, although that doesn't help with TL.

--Rob