Re: Anyone running MP Alpha systems?

[Magnus Lindholm <linmag7%gmail.com@localhost>]

I Have a CS20 running NetBSD 7.0 with the GENERIC.MP kernel, I've not
been doing much with it except compiled kernels and some packages.
It's currently offline since it generates a bit too much heat... Maybe
I should fire it up again an see for how long it will run?


/Magnus

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 2:55 AM, John Klos <john%ziaspace.com@localhost> wrote:
>>> Is anyone running any multiprocessor Alpha systems for extended periods
>>> of
>>> time? I'm seeing lockups of the DS25 I've been testing, and I can't get
>>> in
>>> to the kernel debugger, so I'm about to try a uniprocessor kernel for a
>>> while to see if it helps.
>>
>>
>> I have a dual CPU DS20, but I rarely run it. I have seen it hang with
>> both processors online. It seems to run OK with GENERIC.MP but "cpuctl
>> offline 1" in rc.local, so that could be a first thing to try.
>
>
> I've compiled a uniprocessor kernel and testing it now. Didn't think about
> just disabling one - that'd have been too simple!
>
> Since the lockups seemed to happen over the course of several days to a
> week, I'll be compiling and testing for quite a while before I can say
> whether this is an issue.
>
>> Got a dual processor CS20 that I've been meaning to get running a .MP
>> kernel again, think I might give it a whirl Monday.
>
>
> Any more data would be great. Have you run yours MP doing things for any
> length of time?
>
> John