[frgeek-michiana] Re: Lab Notes 12/16/06
- From: Richard Zimmerman <ke4rit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:46:14 -0500
Ok ,from what I can see...
2.6.17-2 run the K6 cpu's just fine...
2.6.18-3 do not run the K6 cpu very well...
At least in Debian (and it looks like most distros) K6x (also i586?)
support is being dropped from the Linux kernel. Most recommend running
the i486 kernel. In the jump to 2.6.18-3, they must have made
optimizations to the kernel that the K6 cpu's do not like. This is the
most likely reason why the Intel's are running fine, AMD's are not
(Hello Captain Obvious!)
So, I'm now looking at compiling a K6 kernel for Debian.
Quick question... It's been a LONG time since I compiled a kernel..
CAN I compile a K6 kernel on an Intel machine if I've got all the source
code / headers for said product (K6 Kernel?)
Goose
Richard Zimmerman wrote:
Update to the below:
Both broken servers are AMD based and were running the 2.6.18-3-486
kernel. After being paged all night (Tuesday evening / Wednesday
morning) I finally rolled back the second server to 2.6.17 so I could
get some sleep. The first broken server still wasn't delivering
received faxes this morning but that turned out to be a Hylafax
FaxDisaptch file configuration error. So good for the manual... <grin>
It is really looking right now that the 2.6.18-3-486 kernel for
Debian Etch is BROKEN at least on AMD machines. The other servers that
are running 2.6.18-3-686 are all Intel based and so far have NOT shown
any problems. I'll be loading 2.6.18-3-486 on my test machine at home
(Intel based) to see if I can reproduce problems on it...
I'm still looking into it. More later...
Goose
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