From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: benh@kernel.crashing.org To: Christopher Murtagh Cc: , Eric Leblond , , "Kevin B. Hendricks" Subject: Re: Support for new Dual G4 1 Gig machines? Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:39:55 +0100 Message-Id: <20020129123955.29280@mailhost.mipsys.com> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: > .../... > > All of the above machines are running 2.4.18pre1 running Apache 1.3.20, >PHP 4.1.1, Postgres 7.1.3, htdig 3.1.16. Both the 500 and the 800 have 1GB >of RAM, but the 450 only has 512, so perhaps it is a high-memory with >networking problem? > > So, SMP on the PPC platform has some work needed I'm afraid. I'd be happy >to help in any testing if someone wants me to, as I'd love to actually use >that other CPU on my dual 800. :-) I recently spotted a problem with >512Mb (CONFIG_HIGHMEM or not) & SMP that is fixed in the current bk _2_4 (2.4.18pre7). I also sent a fix to Marcelo that should hopefully be in the next 2.4.18preX release. You should also use sungem preferably to the old gmac driver. Ben. ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/