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Re: SL44 and sun fire x4600
From:
"Stephen J. Gowdy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Stephen J. Gowdy
Date:
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:25:41 +0100
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No sorry.

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Martin Flemming wrote:

>
> Hi, Stephen !
>
> Yep, this was also my thought,
> but this kernel "kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64"
> crashes as i remarked ...
>
> Any other ideas ?
>
> cheers,
>             Martin
>
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
>
>> It looks like you need largesmp (assuming you have the 8 dual-core CPU 
>> version, most option look to only include 4 dual-core CPUs);
>> 
>> "Please note that limits for <USV> v4 are for Update 3 or later. Update 3 
>> was released in March 2006. CPU counts over 8 (AMD64/EM64T) or 64 (other 
>> architectures) require use of the largesmp kernel. Certified limits reflect 
>> the current state of system testing by <USV> and its partners, and the 
>> limit of support provided by a <USV> Linux subscription."
>> 
>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Martin Flemming wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, Troy et all !
>>> 
>>> I've recognized today,
>>> that on the hardware-webside
>>> 
>>> https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/hardware/
>>> 
>>> you've published the sucessfull
>>> installation of a "Sun Fire x4600"-Machine ...
>>> 
>>> We've got the same machine in our lab, but unfortunatley
>>> we see only 8 cpu's not 16 ...
>>> 
>>> So my question is, which kernel do you have installed ?
>>> 
>>> I've installed following one:
>>> 
>>> kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64
>>> 
>>> which displays only 8 CPU's ...
>>> 
>>> At first, i've got the largesmp-kernel
>>> 
>>> kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64
>>> 
>>> but this one generate a kernelpanic ....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>       Martin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ______________________________________________________
>>> Martin Flemming
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>>> 
>> 
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>
> Gruss
>
>       Martin Flemming
>
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Martin Flemming
> DESY / IT          office : Building 2b / 008a
> Notkestr. 85       phone  : 040 - 8998 - 4667
> 22603 Hamburg      mail   : [log in to unmask]
> ______________________________________________________
>

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|http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy      | Switzerland              |
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