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Re: DualCore Dual-Opteron Board - suggestion?



Great, thanks very much, I'll look through these.

On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 10:58 -0800, Elaine Tsiang YueLien wrote:
> Here's AMD's bulletin on erratum 122:
> 
> www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/33340.pdf
> I have not stressed my system enough to encounter it.
> 
> Here's AMD's latest online revision doc:
> http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/25759.pdf
> 
> Errata 118-136 affect dual-core opterons. I came across only 122 in
> regards to Linux.
> 
> Elaine
> 
> On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 13:12 -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 16:02 -0500, Austin Denyer wrote:
> > > I believe there is an issue with kernels < 2.6.14-2 with Opteron SMP.
> > > That is why I'm running 2.6.14-2 myself.
> > > 
> > > The issue was an AMD errata rather than a bug with the kernel -
> > > 2.6.14-2 contained a workaround.
> > 
> > I have a dual/dual machine (265/S940, Tyan S2891) which has trouble
> > net-booting, while other dual/single core machines do fine: on the
> > dual/dual, dhclient sends a request, the server replies, dhclient
> > doesn't seem to get the reply.
> > 
> > Could this kernel issue be causing my problem?
> > 
> > -Adam

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