[Linux-ia64] 2.4.17 on Azusa box

[Linux-ia64] 2.4.17 on Azusa box

[Robert Williamson]

I'm sure the answer to this has been posted before, but I couldn't find it
in the archives.  Is there any issues with ACPI and the 16-way Azusa boxes,
because I cannot get the kernel to boot.  I'm currently running an old
2.4.3-12 kernel.

Processor Info
vendor     : GenuineIntel
family     : IA-64
model      : Itanium
revision   : 6
archrev    : 0
features   : standard
cpu number : 0
cpu regs   : 4
cpu MHz    : 800.022000
itc MHz    : 800.022000
BogoMIPS   : 796.91

Thanks,
- Robbie

Linux Test Project
IBM Linux Technology Center
Phone: (512) 838-9295   T/L: 638-9295
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Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.17 on Azusa box

[Aaron Burt]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Robert Williamson wrote:
> I'm sure the answer to this has been posted before, but I couldn't find it
> in the archives.  Is there any issues with ACPI and the 16-way Azusa boxes,
> because I cannot get the kernel to boot.  I'm currently running an old
> 2.4.3-12 kernel.

Some AzusA kernel notes:
- You must have SAL v1.23.  Though I've a patch for 2.4.10's setup.c that
   lets earlier SAL versions work.
- The kernel page size needs to be 16KB.
- The interrupt tables can overwhelm the kernel, but this only happens
   in 2.4.[7-9].  Earlier and later versions are fine.  I've patches
   for the affected versions nonetheless.
- You'll get TickOOPS messages during bootup, but they're harmless.
- NEC hardware engineering says to disable USB in the kernel.


Oh, and we've a 16-way AzusA here at the OSDL available for scalability-
related projects.  It's currently running Linux 2.4.16-ia64 with Red Hat
7.1.  IIRC we've also got SuSE and TurboLinux on it, but Mandrake and
Debian's installers gave me fits. (boo!)

Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.17 on Azusa box

[Erich Focht]

Just a minor remark:

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Aaron Burt wrote:

> - The kernel page size needs to be 16KB.

What you certainly mean is: set the "Physical memory granularity" to 16MB
in the "Kernel hacking" menu.

Regards,
Erich

Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.17 on Azusa box

[Aaron Burt]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Erich Focht wrote:
> Just a minor remark:
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Aaron Burt wrote:
>
> > - The kernel page size needs to be 16KB.
>
> What you certainly mean is: set the "Physical memory granularity" to 16MB
> in the "Kernel hacking" menu.

You are correct.  That's what my notes said, but I second-guessed myself
after checking under make menuconfig.  Feh.