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| 11:40.37 | vi-config | what's a stable kernel for a dual processor ppc? |
| 12:04.01 | Bor_Ed | same as for any other linux setup |
| 12:04.04 | Bor_Ed | 2.6.18 something |
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| 13:23.38 | marchino | ciao! |
| 13:25.44 | Q-FUNK | pahartik: for that 9600? |
| 13:31.43 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: yes... |
| 13:32.13 | Q-FUNK | what's missing? |
| 13:33.41 | marchino | who uses a deamon for cpu scaling in his ibook? |
| 13:34.23 | Q-FUNK | pahartik: which hardware is not supported? |
| 13:35.57 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: "SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-UW", needs "advansys" driver... |
| 13:37.02 | Q-FUNK | pahartik: advansys is not compiled in 2.6 kernels? |
| 13:37.14 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: I seem to recall that it worked on first Linux 2.6 kernel releases, maybe up to Linux 2.6.3 or so... |
| 13:37.37 | Q-FUNK | then it still should wokr |
| 13:37.48 | Q-FUNK | it probably needs to be added to the ramdisk |
| 13:40.01 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: "config SCSI_ADVANSYS" of "/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18-kiara/drivers/scsi/Kconfig" "depends on BROKEN || X86_32" |
| 13:46.33 | Q-FUNK | ouch |
| 13:47.01 | Q-FUNK | pahartik: any other SCSI card you could use? |
| 13:49.10 | Q-FUNK | or is that the internal SCSI adapter? |
| 13:54.15 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: it is fairly nice Ultra-Wide SCSI adapter that has been just idle on my shelf for some years because of degenerated support |
| 14:02.18 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: on-board SCSI of OldWorld PowerMacintosh workstations (as in most models) is "scsi0: MESH", "scsi1: 53C94" |
| 14:02.29 | Q-FUNK | ok |
| 14:02.36 | Q-FUNK | why not use that? |
| 14:15.12 | vi-config | my current kernel is vmlinux-2.6.8-powerpc ... should I be looking for a ppc-specific kernel for my upgrade to 2.6.18.1? |
| 14:17.18 | pahartik | vi-config: for binary, yes... for source, no |
| 14:31.12 | vi-config | got it, thanks |
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| 15:23.05 | vi-config | has anyone here successfully built lighttpd on ppc? after compiling mine wouldn't run |
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| 16:37.03 | vi-config | this is a bummer ... newest kernel and still not running on dual proc, must conclude the second one is kaput. Are there any tests other than cat /proc/cpuinfo to probe for functionality? |
| 16:37.57 | vi-config | under MacOSX System Info says it's a dual |
| 16:41.51 | pahartik | vi-config: did you configure kernel to "CONFIG_SMP=y"? |
| 16:45.22 | vi-config | I did an apt-get upgrade |
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| 16:46.55 | vi-config | if I edit that line in config-2.6.18-1-powerpc do I then recompile? |
| 16:48.27 | vi-config | "# CONFIG_SMP is not set" |
| 16:50.45 | pahartik | vi-config: oh, so you did not build Linux kernel from sources but used binary provided by Debian? |
| 16:50.57 | vi-config | yes |
| 16:55.06 | pahartik | vi-config: you probably installed "linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc" package and not "linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc-smp" package... |
| 16:55.34 | vi-config | ah, yes that would be true |
| 16:56.21 | pahartik | vi-config: "http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc&searchon=names&subword=1&case=sensitive&version=all&release=main" |
| 16:59.33 | vi-config | tyvm |
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| 17:04.12 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: of course I am using on-board SCSI for now, but since I have got free PCI slots now, I am going to try SCSI adapter that almost matches speed of my recent SCSI harddisks |
| 17:19.41 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: I think I would not mind if NFS/SSH/IMAP/SMTP/HTTP server was still running on Linux 2.4... currently my Alpha has been up for 755 days, serving in such tasks on Linux 2.4.26 |
| 18:05.45 | pahartik | vi-config: does that Linux SMP kernel image work as expected? |
| 18:13.52 | vi-config | on dialup ... it *just* finished downloading. Didn't ask me to setup locales this time, fingers crossed ... |
| 18:19.22 | vi-config | shazam! it worked - although my bogomips is significantly lower per proc - was 800 now 49ea |
| 18:21.02 | pahartik | vi-config: formula to calculate "bogomips" changed significantly between Linux 2.6.8 and 2.6.18... |
| 18:21.22 | vi-config | but I've got actual idle cpu while running ab tests on mongrel cluster |
| 18:21.27 | vi-config | figured as much |
| 18:22.18 | pahartik | vi-config: my iBook G4 at 599.999000 MHz gets 73.47 bogomips... custom Linux 2.6.18 kernel |
| 18:23.04 | vi-config | ok |
| 18:23.38 | vi-config | I only got a 20% bump on my benchmarks, but I'll take it |
| 18:27.54 | pahartik | vi-config: does your process run more than one thread? |
| 18:28.42 | pahartik | vi-config: if not, you could try running two instances of that process... |
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| 19:09.51 | yath_ | moin |
| 19:10.22 | yath_ | i wonder if the new etch isos with d-i beta3 have a ppc64 on them |
| 19:20.50 | pahartik | yath_: I seem to recall that "sarge" already had 64-bit "POWER4" kernels to install with |
| 19:21.40 | yath_ | pahartik: nah, i need them for power5 |
| 19:22.12 | peterrooney | any ideas on how to change the number of columns (in text mode) on booting an ibook G4? other machines give me ~ 127 columns, G4 with external monitorgives only 80 |
| 19:24.28 | pahartik | peterrooney: something similar to "fbset 1024x768-70"? |
| 19:25.49 | peterrooney | would that be a yaboot option, OF, kernel config? |
| 19:27.16 | yath_ | a command |
| 19:32.57 | peterrooney | pahartik, yath: thank you. |
| 19:37.10 | pahartik | peterrooney: most users do not care about appearance of virtual console... or do not use framebuffer for virtual console... or something |
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| 19:40.00 | peterrooney | i admit it's a low priority item for most users. my thoughts: 80 cols good for those who don't like squinting, 127 cols good for those who regularly look at log files |
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| 19:44.30 | pahartik | peterrooney: personally I cannot stand doing much with 80x25 console but 80x50 or 80x60 is already quite comfortable on normal CRT monitors |
| 19:46.20 | peterrooney | there are a zillion modes to choose from in /etc/fb.modes...i'm going to be experimenting for a bit. |
| 20:42.48 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: Linux 2.4.33.3 runs fine but does not seem to help with "advansys" or "epic100"... damn that |
| 20:59.19 | Q-FUNK | then it really is a broken driver that was never upgraded |
| 21:13.58 | pahartik | Q-FUNK: damn those crappy drivers :) |
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