Re: aoe fails on sparc64

2005-09-03 Thread Jim MacBaine
On 9/1/05, Ed L Cashin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The aoe driver looks OK, but it turns out there's a byte swapping bug > in the vblade that could be related if he's running the vblade on a > big endian host (even though he said it was an x86 host), but I > haven't heard back from the original p

PROBLEM: 2.6.13 crash on sparc64 in sunsu_kbd_ms_interrupt

2005-08-31 Thread Jim MacBaine
1. 2.6.13 crash on sparc64 in sunsu_kbd_ms_interrupt 2. I'm running 2.6.13/sparc64 on a diskless Sun Ultra 5 workstation. After an uptime between 5 and 20 minutes after start, the kernel crashes, system stalls. 3. sparc64 sun keyboard sunsu_kbd_ms_interrupt 4. vanilla 2.6.13 5. Last working ker

aoe fails on sparc64

2005-08-31 Thread Jim MacBaine
Hello, Using aoe on a sparc64 system gives strange results: sunny:/dev/etherd# echo >discover sunny:/dev/etherd# mke2fs e0.0 mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) mke2fs: File too large while trying to determine filesystem size sunny:/dev/etherd# blockdev --getsz e0.0 -4503599627370496 The log says: Aug 31

Re: [PATCH] i386 No-Idle-Hz aka Dynamic-Ticks 3

2005-08-04 Thread Jim MacBaine
I just borrowed a power meter to see (or not to see) real effects of dyntick. The difference between static 1000 HZ and dynamic HZ is much less than I expected, only a very little about noise. With dyntick disabled at 1000 HZ my laptop needs 31,3 W. With dyntick enabled I get 29.8 W, the pmstats-

Re: [PATCH] i386 No-Idle-Hz aka Dynamic-Ticks 3

2005-08-03 Thread Jim MacBaine
On 8/4/05, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok perhaps on the resume side instead. When trying to resume can you try > booting with 'dyntick=disable'. Note this isn't meant to be a long term fix > but once we figure out where the problem is we should be able to code around > it. Sorry, no

Re: [PATCH] i386 No-Idle-Hz aka Dynamic-Ticks 3

2005-08-03 Thread Jim MacBaine
On 8/3/05, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What happens when you disable it at runtime before suspending? > > echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/dyn_tick/dyn_tick0/enable This has no effect. The system stalls at exactly the same point. The last lines on my screen are: ... Software Suspend Co

Re: [PATCH] i386 No-Idle-Hz aka Dynamic-Ticks 3

2005-08-03 Thread Jim MacBaine
On 8/3/05, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the dynamic ticks patch for i386 as written by Tony Lindgen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Tuukka Tikkanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > Patch for 2.6.13-rc5 > > There were a couple of things that I wanted to change so here is an updated > version.