Re: ALPHA UP2000 troubles

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu>]

Hello Stefano,

Stefano wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I installed Alpha-Debian 2.2_rev0 in a new UP2000 machine.
> UP2000 is a dual Alpha processor, tsunami architecture.
> Kernel 2.2.17 that comes inside the installation does not support irq
> handling on tsunami machines, so I moved to 2.4.0-test7 which is working
> now in a Compaq ES40 machine (4 alpha processors !!). Well: while the ES40
> works, the UP2000 hangs every time I access the network adapter. The
> message is something like:  "kernel panic: skpur overflow" or "spinlock
> whatever...." or a big page of trace numbers, with some assembler code and
> tracing numbers...
> Somebody has a running UP2000 with Alpha-potato-debian installed ???

I installed and had it running with what came out of the first test cycle, which
I think was 2.2.15-based.

(Then sent the machine back to the manufacturer for service, and FedEx
ground/RPS completely demolished it!)

HTH,

-Adam P.

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