Re: [suse-sparc] Kernel 2.4.2 SMP vs SS20..??

From: Lou Picciano / Essex Systems (LouPicciano@home.com)
Date: Thu May 03 2001 - 11:39:22 PDT

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From: Lou Picciano / Essex Systems <LouPicciano@home.com>
Message-ID: <B71718B2.3642%LouPicciano@home.com>
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Kernel 2.4.2 SMP vs SS20..??

    List Friends,

    Yes, I have seen exactly the same 'doesn't fit into destination...' message
    re installation of kernel 2.4 on an SMP SS10. (Twin ROSS 180s, if it
    matters). Yes, this is directly from the 7.1 installation isos, not a
    compiled kernel.

    Yes, this machine has a very screwed up mix of memory, some unmatched, for a
    total of 352 MB.

    I don not get any kernel panics, or any hex code dumps.

    Please note that the older SMP kernel included on the distribution - is it
    2.2.n-smp? - works AOK.

    Has anyone found a resolution to this??

    While we're at it, is anyone aware of any SMP benchmarking suite I can use?
    I am aware of the BYTEmark thing, but is single-cpu only, isn't it?

    Lou Picciano

    > From: Fredrik Lundholm <exce7@ce.chalmers.se>
    > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:59:26 +0100
    > To: suse-sparc@suse.com
    > Subject: [suse-sparc] Kernel 2.4.2 SMP vs SS20..??
    >
    > Hello,
    > when I try to start the 2.4.2 SMP kernel on my SS20 (SuSE 7.1)
    > SILO complains about 'Excecutable doesn't fit into destination...' or
    > somesuch. I know there might be a memory detection problem with the kernel
    > itself, but this seems to be SILO related because the kernel never even
    > starts... I have filles the poor SS20 with 32Meg DIMMS and a 8MB VSIMM.
    > Do I need a patched SILO??
    >
    > /wfr
    > Fredrik
    >

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