Re: SMP PReP (was Re: The powerpc port should be removed from etch release candidates ...)
On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 12:24:19AM -0500, Troy Benjegerdes wrote:
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:41:30PM -0500, Troy Benjegerdes wrote:
> > On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 09:50:57AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 11:14:33PM -0500, Troy Benjegerdes wrote:
> > > > > > SMP never worked under Linux on those machines because the AIX boot
> > > > > > sequence to enable it was never successfully reverse-engineered.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah, ok, then it makes no sense to build a special kernel for those, until more
> > > > > information is found about the above.
> > > >
> > > > I have a Motorola MTX PreP system with dual 604e's that I can test this
> > > > on.
> > >
> > > But you never managed to get SMP working on it, right ?
> >
> > SMP works but I was having problems where it would crash after 3 or 4
> > months of uptime in the software raid1 code. This was with 2.4 kernels
> > though.. I have not tried a recent 2.6 kernel yet.
>
> FYI, linux-image-2.6.15-1-powerpc-smp version 2.6.15-8 works on my MTX
> board.
>
> kalmia:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> cpu : 604ev
> clock : 300MHz
> revision : 1.0 (pvr 000a 0100)
> bogomips : 297.98
>
> processor : 1
> cpu : 604ev
> clock : 300MHz
> revision : 1.0 (pvr 000a 0100)
> bogomips : 297.98
>
> total bogomips : 595.96
> machine : PReP Dual MTX w/ Parallel Port
> l2 cache : none
> simms :
Well, i believe the current situation is that debian will produce only UP prep
images, until prep is reunited in the ARCH=powerpc fold.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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