Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 05 Sep 1998 15:08:41 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: (patch) updated alpha fixes |
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Richard Henderson wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 02:13:14PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Those few simple header changes and additions get the alpha platform up > > and working until the sync happens. > > Pardon? Has something changed in the last 20 patchlevels? Last > time I tried SMP on UP, the system spewed lock error messages for > all eternity.
Apparently something has :)
As I described in my patch, I torture-tested it on an AS 200 (21064 UP), and 2.1.120+my patch came through with flying colors. *NO* error messages at all. That's why I sent it to Linus.
As a further, unintended torture test, I ran "make -j boot". Turns out this command tries to compile *every* *.c file in the kernel at once! (I thought it would only do multi-job on each directory, in succession) I have 144 MB RAM and 90 MB swap, and that disappeared real quick. I let it run for a while with gcc's failing all over the place for lack of memory... then finally <Ctrl-C> to stop the mess. The system recovered beautifully, and was usable immediately after the Ctrl-C (from a previous load of over 100).
I would be happy to post my .config, it's basic though.
CONFIG_AVANTI CONFIG_NCR53C8XX CONFIG_DE4X5 CONFIG_SRM* CONFIG_PCI*
I encourage others to test the patch on other processors and motherboards. It works great here :)
Jeff
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