Re: 2.4.x with SMP on Alpha

[victor <ixnay@infonegocio.com>]

Hello Major,

Tuesday, October 02, 2001, 4:19:53 PM, you wrote:
send it to the linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org the main list of the
kernel, because here i dont know if someone could patch it

MA> Hi,

MA> I'm just wondering what experiences you guys have with linux kernel
MA> 2.4.x configured for SMP on Alpha (UP2000/DP264). I tried the latest
MA> two:

MA> - 2.4.10: seems to fail to define the macro atomic_dec_and_lock
MA>   (linux/spinlock.h) in various files like kernel/fork.c, resulting in
MA>   undefined symbols. I think that linux/spinlock.h should be included
MA>   (I followed the #include-s), but it isn't for some subtle reason.

MA> - 2.4.9: bug in the pc_keyb driver, can be fixed with an extra
MA>   #include, but even then some modules get undefined symbols (same as
MA>   in 2.4.10).

MA> Therefore I cannot run any of these kernels. The rest of the software
MA> on this computer is a Debian potato (gcc 2.95.2).

MA> Any feedback would be appreciated.

MA>   Andras





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 victor                            mailto:ixnay@infonegocio.com