Alpha Core Directions

[Chris Meadors]

On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 13:20 -0500, Richard Irving wrote:

>     I would kill for a functional SMP 2.6 based kernel that
> doesn't puke on encountering 21164's, as in a 5000 series.
> 
>   (The super NT box, for those that can remember them)
> 
> The 2.6 kernels don't seem to like the Older 21164's in
> an SMP config, and 6.x series SRM.. Debian -and- the AC fell short of this
> mark, both. A single processor, yes.... and the 2.4 kernels,
> yes.... but not the 2.6. -and- SMP on 5000's.

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu                     : Alpha
cpu model               : EV56
cpu variation           : 7
cpu revision            : 0
cpu serial number       :
system type             : Rawhide
system variation        : 0
system revision         : 0
system serial number    : NI8260C905
cycle frequency [Hz]    : 532827350 est.
timer frequency [Hz]    : 1200.00
page size [bytes]       : 8192
phys. address bits      : 40
max. addr. space #      : 127
BogoMIPS                : 1065.48
kernel unaligned acc    : 61400
(pc=fffffc00004fe0ec,va=fffffc000af0e326)
user unaligned acc      : 112 (pc=120002ab0,va=12001be2c)
platform string         : DIGITAL Server 5000 Model 5305 6533A 5/533 4MB
cpus detected           : 2
cpus active             : 2
cpu active mask         : 0000000000000003
L1 Icache               : 8K, 1-way, 32b line
L1 Dcache               : 8K, 1-way, 32b line
L2 cache                : 96K, 3-way, 64b line
L3 cache                : 4096K, 1-way, 64b line

$ uname -mrspv
Linux 2.6.5 #3 SMP Fri Apr 23 16:54:19 EDT 2004 alpha unknown

>    And, Santa, since I am asking, would you mind throwing in
> a picture of Rudolph and the Elves ?
> 
> 
>    :)

Sorry, can't help with that one.