From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steffen Persvold Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 15:44:40 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.9 vs 2.4.18 for HPC Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Egan Ford wrote: > With respect to Itanium2 what advantages does 2.4.18 have over 2.4.9 in > an HPC environment? > > My concern is that RH7.2 does not have a 2.4.18/19 kernel and probably > will not. For support reasons, running 2.4.9-34 from RH may be > required. I am curious about the possible performance and stability > issues with 2.4.9 on Itanium2. > > I am trying to build a case for software development on 2.4.18/19 > kernel.org kernels. > I don't think RH 7.2 2.4.9 kernels will run on Itanium2. You'll need atleast 2.4.18 + the latest patchset from David. Regards, -- Steffen Persvold | Scalable Linux Systems | Try out the world's best mailto:sp@scali.com | http://www.scali.com | performing MPI implementation: Tel: (+47) 2262 8950 | Olaf Helsets vei 6 | - ScaMPI 1.13.8 - Fax: (+47) 2262 8951 | N0621 Oslo, NORWAY | >320MBytes/s and <4uS latency