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From: jim@××××××××××××.au
To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o, Paul Heinlein <heinlein@××××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] Kernel 2.6.x config for SUN Blade 100
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:25:38
Message-Id: 1130361272.435ff1b8b3c52@webmail.netspeed.com.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-sparc] Kernel 2.6.x config for SUN Blade 100 by Paul Heinlein
1 Quoting Paul Heinlein <heinlein@××××××.com>:
2
3 > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, freshy98 wrote:
4 >
5 > > Does anyone have a SUN Blade 100 kernel 2.6.x config for me to use
6 > > as a reference? I got a basic machine with a 500MHz CPU, 512MB RAM,
7 > > SYM88201 SCSI card with a 9.1GB drive hooked up to it. I ditched the
8 > > IDE drive obviously.
9 >
10 > My experience, for what it's worth, is not so good running 2.6 kernels
11 > on a Blade 100. I'd get (seemingly) random lockups anywhere from a few
12 > hours to a couple weeks after boot. Admittedly, however, I haven't
13 > tried since 2.6.10. The 2.4 series, on the other hand, has been very
14 > reliable.
15
16 i have been running a sunblade 100 since 2002 and never saw any kerenl problems
17 from debian including 2.6.8 an 2.6.12. i am currently using 2.6.13 built myself
18 from released upstream sources unchanged except a minor patch to remove "static
19 int errno;" when the build stopped in a few places places and made initrd.img
20 with yaird. no dramas and runs nicely. builds openoffice.org more or less
21 continuosly for 3 years now. only my cdrom does not work but that didnt work on
22 solaris either.
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24 jim
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