[ILUG] RH7.0 or RH 7.1 and Dell Poweredge 1300's

[Dave Airlie]

In the end the AC kernel worked ... I suppose just patching the piece of
AC into the Linus might be an idea for better stability...  /me likes ac
kernels..

have firewall running 2.4.3-ac14 for a few months now and it has never
given trouble...

I'd look on Alans kernels as differently experimental rather than more,
considering Linus latest addition of Andrea's VM to the 2.4.10-pre11 and
greater... time will tell whether Linus was justified I suppose, I agree
with his idea of trying to stabilise VM, but it's such a large change for
a stable kernel !!!

Dave.

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Wynne, Conor wrote:

> Is it really a good idea to run alan cox's kernels? (in a server) Aren't
> they more experimental? Linus only releases the stable variety - I believe.
> I could well be wrong :)
> Clarification from some brainy person would be nice.
>
> Since its a server I would stick with the stable varieties.
> Is it SMP CPU(s)? If so you can forget APM, it does not work with
> multiprocesing, It should also not work if the machine is SMP capable but
> only 1 cpu running.
>
> The only thing that should be shut down with APM is the monitor and that can
> be done with the BIOS.
>
> I reckon a BIOs update is a good idea. Someone else mentioned that but its
> probably correct.
>
> My 2 Euros,
> CW
>
> I have windows NT4 - sorry sir but windows is not supported.
> ---------------------------
>
>
>
> What kernel you running 2.2 or 2.4.. if 2.4 get an ac > 2.4.6ac1...
>
> in the patch I can see
>
> { set_bios_reboot, "PowerEdge 1300/500", {      /* Handle problems with
> rebooting on Dell 1300's */
> +                       MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Computer
> Corporation"),
> +                       MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PowerEdge 1300/500"),
> +                       NO_MATCH, NO_MATCH
> +                       } },
> +       { set_bios_reboot, "PowerEdge 1300/550", {      /* Handle problems
> with rebooting on Dell 1300's */
> +                       MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Computer
> Corporation"),
> +                       MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PowerEdge 1300/550"),
> +                       NO_MATCH, N
>
> doesn't look good .. it might have made it's way into 2.2.20 when it comes
> out ..
>
> Dave.
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Paul McConnell wrote:
>
> > Don't suppose anybody else has had any problems with reboots when it comes
> > to poweredge 1300's and redhat 7.x
> >
> > any reboot sequence just hangs the system and you can only reset it using
> > the reset button
> >
> > It looks like a situation where a reboot=hard should fix it but no joy
> >
> > doesn't happen with rh6.2 or lower or on machine other than a poweredge
> 1300
> > i can get my hands on
> >
> > has my brain just frozen over again or is there just something i'm missing
> >
> > uly
> >
> >
>
>

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David Airlie, Software Engineer
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