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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
