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 HAA258585 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 07:10:03 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id HAA12184 for linux-list; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 07:09:12 -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 HAA12179 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 07:09:11 -0800 Received: from mdhill.interlog.com (mdhill.interlog.com [199.212.154.112]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id HAA08604 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 07:09:08 -0800 env-from (mike@mdhill.interlog.com) Received: (from mike@localhost) by mdhill.interlog.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) id KAA04430 for linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 10:08:16 -0500 From: "Michael Hill" Message-Id: <9801021008.ZM4428@mdhill.interlog.com> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 10:08:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: "Andrew O'Brien" "Re: Please help - need a 4600 no L2 cache kernel asap" (Jan 2, 6:59am) References: X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.3 08feb96 MediaMail) To: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Please help - need a 4600 no L2 cache kernel asap Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Ralf discovered and corrected this in his kernel source after several of us had problems with his last publicly-available Indy kernel binary (8 December). Since then no kernel binary or source has been posted to ftp.linux.sgi.com (except linux-magnum-971229.tar.gz on 29 December). Maybe the fix is part of what Ralf wanted help with before Christmas. On Dec 21, 5:45pm, Ralf Baechle wrote: > Subject: Mergeback > Hi, > > can anybody else work a bit on merging things back to Linus for the > next couple of days? I wont have very much time :-( > > Ralf >-- End of excerpt from Ralf Baechle On Jan 2, 6:59am, Andrew O'Brien wrote: > Subject: Re: Please help - need a 4600 no L2 cache kernel asap > On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Alex deVries wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > > I need to do some benchmarking on a SGI/Linux platform (an INDY) and I > > > haven't been able to set up the cross-compilation environment correctly > > > due to many factors. The benchmarks are needed by mid next week, so this > > > is a kinda urgent call for help :) > > > > Is there any reason the binaries on ftp.linux.sgi.com won't work? > > Yep - they were compiled assuming that a L2 cache was present - hence when > it tries to flush the cache during init, the system hangs horribly. > > I wasn't the only one to be hit by this so I'm sure there is a binary > floating around somewhere :) > -- Michael Hill Toronto, Canada mdhill@interlog.com