From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cpout2.tiscali.be (unknown [62.235.13.194]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B114829 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 04:11:23 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:11:15 +0200 Message-ID: <3ED70CF100000B3C@ocpmta2.freegates.net> From: "Joel Soete" Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] compiler & kernel To: "M. Grabert" , "Joel Soete" Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Max, > >On Sat, 31 May 2003, Joel Soete wrote: > M. Grabert wrote: > > >[...] > > > >Oh yes, one important issue: > >I have this 'target suffers from tag starvation' problem as some others > >seem to have aswell. I just have a 20GB SE SCSI (50 pin), n > other SCSI > >devices (the original internal UW-SCSI drive is in my AlphaStation now). > > [...] > > Which scsi driver do you used (I presume a Symbios one but version 1 or > 2; version 2 is recommended now in 2.4.20-pa..)? have/had this pro >lems with both (old/new) Symbios drivers! The problems are fixed for any Symbios driver when I use an older version of 53x700 driver. I did extensive testing (for kernel with driver version 1 and 2) for 2 days before I was convi ed that this 'fix' a >tually works. Right now the kernel I currently use (with the longest uptime for months so far) is using the Symbios v1 driver, but as I said v2 works now aswell! Curious, last v2 I do not have any more pb (neither on b180 or b2k, N). (that doesn't mean that I don't trust you; just share info) I just install a 36Gb lvd disk on my b2k (ST336704LC HP supply) on the built in scsi-controler which is of model <895a>(,rev 0x1) and all seems to works fine. > OTC this w e I still experiment such a scsi terminator pb: I recover a > lvd 30g > scsi-disk (sun); I find a converter sca2 80pins sca 64pins but > a cable with terminator for hvd disk. The disk seems to works fine > untill the terminator warm to much then I ot scsi parity errors. And > without terminator the controler do not se > the disk at all? That's actually the first time that I hear of a SCSI terminator overheating. Perhaps you shouldn't overclock your SCSI bus then ;)))) But seriously, I h ve had lots of troubles with 80pins to 64pins converters and UW to U-SCSI >converters. Quite often they didn't work for some harddisk and others worked fine. I don't trust these converters! Hmm to say everything: the converter came from a interna UW-disk of a k360, the cable and its terminator from a D380 and nothing was foreseen for new lvd :(. (but that was just a do-it-yourself test because no shop of scsi spare part near home :O ) > >hppa64-gcc (3.2.3, from ftp.p-l.org unofficial-de s) > > seems to work fine but obviously ipt_limit.o is miscompiled: > > I ca > insmod it, but iptable wouldn't recognize the --limit* options. > > There are still some problems with some modules and canonicalize_funcptr, > > > Are you sure thi is with hppa64-gcc (iirc canonicalize.., was just > recently backport to 3.2)? > > [...] I thought so. The canonicalize_* stuff showed up when compiling with gcc-3.3 (I forgot this to mention), but I thought they showed up in 3.2 (64bit). Ma be I just can't remeber this one correctly. But the iptable_limit error is definite >y a hppa64-gcc-3.2.3 issue (or a kernel issue with hppa64 ;) Well gcc-hppa64 pkg is a bit out dated but that is all is available. And I do not found courage to oolchain the last gcc-3.3 :( > > > Man, gcc-3.3 is SLOW! it takes ages to compile the kernel! > > > > Kernel compiled with 3.3 definitely have a bogomips problem (they report > > 0.8 instead of about 470 on a C2 >0); This might actually b PA8000 specific ... > > The kernel takes forever to boot up (it 'waits' for over one minute > > after palo loads the kernel (right after the 'switch to another console' > > message)), propably because of the bogomi >s calculation. ...my PA book with the same kernel & gcc-3.3 doesn't hang! > > Also the userspace programme 'bogomips' has the same issue. > > Sorry could not help (no clue of what bogomips is: just see on my i386 but no trace in my hppa dmesg?) > > Apart to make rom this issues, gcc-3.3 produces a kernel that is at > > least as stable as th >se compiled with 3.0 or 3.2 I'll send the config file as soon as I'm back home (tomorrow) No problem (I curoius to compare on the hw I test here) > btw which g c-3.3 release do you use? the latest in testing (no prerelease anymore) Well I used last unstable, let see Joel --------------------------------- Découvrez les 6 clés et gagnez le Club Med à Vie avec Tiscali http://www.tiscali.be/nl/subs/tiscali4life/default.asp?lang=fr