Next release of AlphaCore? JUST DO IT

[Alan Young]

Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
> Michael Kronsteiner wrote:
> 
>> I can only ACK this, as the reddhat kernels are usually highly patched
>> (2.6.9-1.667 where everything after 2.6.9 is a redhat thing... hmmmm...
>> 2.6.9 is ok but build (? or patchlevel) 1667 is a little much...
>>
>> btw this is from fc3 on an wintel, but even patchlevel 1.667 seems 
>> high even
>> if rh is contributing to the kernel...
>>
>>
>> brgds
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
>>> Von: Alan Young <ayoung at teleport.com>
>>> An: Linux on Alpha processors <axp-list at redhat.com>
>>> Betreff: Re: Next release of AlphaCore? JUST DO IT
>>> Datum: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:31:57 -0700
>>>
>>> Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Simon Tierney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I have DEC 7305 with SMP and RedHat7.2 on it and I have been 
>>>>> waiting for an
>>>>> Alphacore distribution with SMP working reliably.  I can test a new
>>>>> installation ISO.   When Alphacore2 is ready please post a link.
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> Well, you should check AC1 then. Like I said in my e-mail - AC2 
>>>> doesn't have working SMP kernel. :(
>>>> As far I know - SMP kernel crashes on early boot stages, so remote 
>>>> debugging might be impossible
>>>> (I am not an expert here). The kernel version in AC2 is 
>>>> 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4axp. If someone is
>>>> running SMP kernel version higher than 2.6.11 please post here (the 
>>>> vanilla kernel seems to be broken
>>>> too).
>>>>
>>>> You could download small iso image and check if it could be bootable 
>>>> on your machine:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>
>> ftp://ftp.rdsor.ro/pub/Linux/Distributions/AlphaLinux/core/2.0/test/ac2-qboot2.iso 
>>
>>>> This is boot iso without install packages, but goot enough to boot 
>>>> into "resque" mode.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Sergey.
>>>> tsv at solvo.ru
>>>>     
>>>
>>> I generally have had better luck with the generic kernels vs. the RH
>>> ones.  I have a SMP DP264 that was running on generic 2.6.12.2 and
>>> I just moved it up to 2.6.15.4.  I'll download the test iso and give
>>> it a boot to see what happens.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
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>>
> Thank you. Good to know. So, we have good chance to fix it. If it is 
> known that some higher kernel versions
> work - we could fix our kernel too.
> We stick with this version only because other clustering modules require 
> it (I have two Alphas and one AMD64
> running in the same useless cluster :) ).
> 
> Regards,
> Sergey.
> tsv at solvo.ru

The test iso booted ok on my DP264.  It looks like it found all the
hardware and loaded drivers ok.  If you need more info, let me
know.  Maybe the problem only affects certain platforms and/or
hardware???  :-\

Alan