Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:13:08 +0000 | From | Sten Eriksson <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.95: freezes persist (aic7xxx freeze) |
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Jim wrote: > > I have to say that even with minimalist monolithic kernel on > Dual-Pentium 100 (64mb RAM, 32MB swap) crashes after I put > some load on (load average 3.2) .... this was done by compiling > 3 separate trees of kernel simutaneously. > The system freezes after about 5 minutes of compiling... > seems to me that "excessive" disk operations can cause this. > The same operation done on 2.0.33 hasn't got any problems. > The system locks up so dead that even SysRq keys doesn't work. > Nearly trashed my filesystem along the way too :O > > I have AIC7870 onboard and also a Promise Ultra33 EIDE card > 3 x 1GB SCSI for the AIC7870, > 1x4gb + 1x 1gb on the promise card, no onboard PCI-IDE. > > All Linux partitions are on the SCSI disks. > > Oh, also, the aic7xxx driver doesn't compile directly after expansion > .. it required a patch to prevent an error ... this first > occurred in 2.1.92 (I think). Could you please include that patch > in the 2.1.96 please Linus ? > > jim..
Get the pre-patch-2.1.96-1, it has the new updated aic7xxx drivers which are thread and SMP -safe. Compiled fine for me, do nothing but a monolithic mini-kernel, since I (at least) find since kmod doesent do dependency loading it is non-functional (ie. if you have to pre-load your modules, why do you need a module loader? Kmod is a really nifty feature, but it either has to be revamped or modprobe must send the right signals to it).
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