Re: XFree86 crash (Failed to set IOPL for I/O)

[Jay Estabrook digital com]

>>> Michal Jaegermann said:
>>>>>> Jay.Estabrook@digital.com wrote:
> > The stock 5.1 GLIBC doesn't recognize the RUFFIAN system type (the update
> > does, I believe, as does the 5.2 version).
> > 
> > So, do exactly the following as root:
> > 
> > 	ln -s Miata /etc/alpha_systype
> > 
> > and try X again.
> 
> Are you sure that this is Miata?  I was always using EB164 as
> alpha_systype of Ruffian and I never had problems.  Maybe Miata
> will work as well.

It should.

The important things are:

1. that the system type name is recognized by GLIBC, and
2. that that system type's PCI bus I/O and memory parameters are appropriate
   for the actual hardware present.

Nearly all EV4 platforms, whether based on LCA, EV4, EV45, are identical
WRT #2 above (JENSEN and SABLE are exceptions). Same is true of the EV5 boxes,
again with exceptions such as SABLE, RAWHIDE, and RX164. And so far, no EV6
box exceptions, as we're only supporting TSUNAMI-based ones (TurboLaser-6
would definitely be an exception :-).

--Jay++

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