From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (970903.SGI.8.8.7/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id MAA630549 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:07:48 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id MAA25461 for linux-list; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:04:44 -0800 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id MAA25448 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:04:34 -0800 Received: from mdhill.tor.hookup.net (mdhill.tor.hookup.net [165.154.15.186]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id MAA20558 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:04:30 -0800 env-from (mike@mdhill.tor.hookup.net) Received: (from mike@localhost) by mdhill.tor.hookup.net (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) id PAA01728 for linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 15:03:48 -0500 From: "Michael Hill" Message-Id: <9711291503.ZM1726@mdhill.tor.hookup.net> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 15:03:47 -0500 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.3 08feb96 MediaMail) To: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Problems with booting SGI/Linux Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk > > > :PROMLIB: SGI ARCS firmware Version1 Revision 10 > > :PROMLIB: Total free ram 31502336 bytes (...) > > :ARCH: SGI-IP22 > > :CPU: MIPS-R4600 FPU ICACHE DCACHE > > :Loading R4000 MNV routines > > :CPU revision is: 00002020 > ^^^^ Ditto (for the most part). > That's a R4600 V2.0. The kernel sources/binaries on Linus don't handle > the silicon bugs of this beast correctly. I fixed the problem this > morning testing them on a SNI RM200. For a proof of the test I compiled > X a couple of times; the box now looks stable even under high load. Will > commit the bug fixes shortly. This is a huge relief since I didn't know what to try next (haven't been able to compile a kernel). Ralf, where can I access your committed bug fixes? Any chance of someone posting a compiled kernel incorporating these to ftp.linux.sgi.com? Thanks, Mike -- Michael Hill Toronto, Canada mdhill@hookup.net