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Hi, |
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I have a UP2000+ system with dual 21264 @ 667MHz/4MB cache and 2GB RAM. The |
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system runs fine with RedHat 7.2 Linux (downloaded from hp website) with an |
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2.4 SMP kernel. However, running Gentoo with an SMP kernel will eventually |
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make the system freeze (i.e make -j2 when building a new kernel only lasts |
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for a 30 seconds or so). I've also tried NetBSD-5.1, FreeBSD-6.4, and a few |
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other Linux distros with the 2.6 kernel (make -j2 makes the system freeze). |
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It seems like Linux kernel 2.4 is the only OS that works with SMP on my |
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system. Has anyone else experienced something similar with an UP2000+ Alpha |
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system? First I suspected faulty hardware, but RedHat 7.2 seems to work just |
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fine so... |
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I heard somewhere that Linux going from 2.4 to 2.6 made some significant |
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re-structuring of the SMP code that broke SMP support on some systems? |
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The system has a Matrox Millenium and a 3Com 3c509B Ethernet card and a SCSI |
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disk hooked up to the on-board SCSI. I've tried unplugging the NIC and a |
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using a DEC PowerStorm 3D30 in stead of the Matrox Millenium, different CPU |
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modules and different RAM modules. All with the same results. There are no |
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error messages to be seen anywhere when the system freezes up. |
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Regards |
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Magnus |
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