From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EbO1R-0004sw-Bs for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:00:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jADJxxQc012778; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:59:59 GMT Received: from hoemail2.lucent.com (hoemail2.lucent.com [192.11.226.163]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jADJxwTD000565 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:59:58 GMT Received: from horh1.emsr.lucent.com (h135-112-138-211.lucent.com [135.112.138.211]) by hoemail2.lucent.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jADJxvdu023072 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:59:57 -0600 (CST) Received: from nwmail.wh.lucent.com (nwmail.wh.lucent.com [135.5.40.100]) by horh1.emsr.lucent.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jADJxue8006720 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:59:56 -0600 (CST) Received: from acrm408.wh.lucent.com by nwmail.wh.lucent.com (8.11.7p1+Sun/EMS-1.5 sol2) id jADJxt902562; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:59:55 -0500 (EST) Received: by acrm408.wh.lucent.com (8.11.7p1+Sun/EMS-1.5 client sol2) id jADJxFK22049; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:59:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:59:15 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200511131959.jADJxFK22049@acrm408.wh.lucent.com> From: mathewt@lucent.com To: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-alpha] 2.6 kernel on Alpha ? Content-Type: text Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-alpha@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: de9f427e-63fb-4ccb-98b9-07c319c17693 X-Archives-Hash: 20cc4169fe9d4daddf7a9222c3c389db Hello All, I have a couple of questions regarding 2.6 kernels for Alpha and also gcc-3.4.4-r1 I have an AS 2000 4/233 running on Gentoo, 2.4.30 SMP-kernel. Things work fine except I cannot use all the hardware (DAC960). any case, I was trying to move to 2.6 series kernel (vanilla sources 2.6.12.5 as picked up by portage) I am able to compile and boot a UP kernel, but I continuously get these messages on screen during boot and later in the system logs [kernel] sd 0:0:0:0: M_REJECT to send for : 1-2-3-1. seems to come from the SCSI SYM53C8XX_2 driver which handles the Symbios 53c810 controller chip. I am using these settings in the kernel config CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2=y CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DMA_ADDRESSING_MODE=0 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=16 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=16 # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_IOMAPPED is not set (I tried using IOMAPPED and different DMA modes and number of TAGs also, but the message still shows up) in 2.4.30, the driver version is sym-2.1.17a and it works fine (without any of these REJECT messages), while 2.6.12.5, the driver version is 2.2.x I believe. does anyone on the list know of an issue which could cause this ? is the REJECT message a cause for concern ? (system seem to work fine as before) also, I have udev, though I have not disabled/removed devfs since I was not sure if 2.6 is ready for this HW yet BTW, SMP kernel does not boot. the system goes into a kernel panic along with machine check and invalid FP emulation instruction etc. Can 2.6 SMP work on gentoo alpha ? (or only on the newer models ?) I also see that gcc-3.4.4-r1 is marked stable. can that be used for kernel, glibc, etc. or its only for specific packages ? (I see that its slotted) thanks for any comments, pointers or experiences that you could share thanks, Mathew -- gentoo-alpha@gentoo.org mailing list