Re: problems with mckinley kernels on proliant dl590/64 systems

[awilliam@nevermor.fc.hp.com (Alex Williamson)]

Stephen,

   Unfortunately, the Itanium kernel is more legacy encumbered and
may not work at all on newer legacy free McKinley boxes.  As I sent
to Linux-ia64, your problem sounds like a broken firmware issue.

	Alex


> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've come across a problem with mckinley kernels on the above system
> (generates lost interrupt messages for ide devices). This problem
> dissappears with a itanium kernel. It might be useful to make the
> debian install kernel an itanium configured one rather than a mckinley
> one for this reason - is there someone generating debian ia64 isos for
> the release or is this done on an adhoc basis?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -stephen
> 
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