From: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.68-mm4
Date: 02 May 2003 14:04:39 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1051905879.2166.34.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030502020149.1ec3e54f.akpm@digeo.com>
On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 03:01, Andrew Morton wrote:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.68/2.5.68-mm4/
>
> . Much reworking of the disk IO scheduler patches due to the updated
> dynamic-disk-request-allocation patch. No real functional changes here.
>
> . Included the `kexec' patch - load Linux from Linux. Various people want
> this for various reasons. I like the idea of going from a login prompt to
> "Calibrating delay loop" in 0.5 seconds.
>
> I tried it on four machines and it worked with small glitches on three of
> them, and wedged up the fourth. So if it is to proceed this code needs
> help with testing and careful bug reporting please.
>
For what it's worth, kexec has worked for me on the following
two systems.
single P-III 933Mhz, 256MB, IDE (system 1)
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
dual P-III 1000Mhz, 1024MB, SCSI (system 2)
00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 06)
00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC 215IIC [Mach64 GT IIC] (rev 7a)
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 50)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks OSB4 IDE Controller
01:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 01)
01:04.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 01)
The times for reboot back to run level 3 are:
normal kexec
system 1 69 seconds 35 seconds
system 2 150 seconds 75 seconds
Steven
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-02 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-02 9:01 2.5.68-mm4 Andrew Morton
2003-05-02 13:18 ` 2.5.68-mm4 William Lee Irwin III
2003-05-02 16:47 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Dave Hansen
2003-05-02 14:45 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Steven Cole
2003-05-02 15:00 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Steven Cole
2003-05-02 15:35 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Anton Blanchard
2003-05-03 14:12 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Eric W. Biederman
2003-05-02 16:54 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Martin J. Bligh
2003-05-02 20:04 ` Steven Cole [this message]
2003-05-02 20:34 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Andrew Morton
2003-05-02 20:49 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Steven Cole
2003-05-02 21:01 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Steven Cole
2003-05-02 21:05 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Andrew Morton
2003-05-02 21:20 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Steven Cole
2003-05-02 21:49 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Andy Pfiffer
2003-05-02 22:00 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Steven Cole
2003-05-02 23:22 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Matt Bernstein
2003-05-02 23:41 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Andrew Morton
2003-05-03 2:53 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Andi Kleen
2003-05-03 7:08 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Matt Bernstein
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.55.0305061511020.3237@r2-pc.dcs.qmul.ac.uk>
2003-05-06 14:35 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Andi Kleen
2003-05-06 15:50 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Matt Bernstein
2003-05-07 10:27 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Matt Bernstein
2003-05-07 12:35 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Andi Kleen
2003-05-07 15:45 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Matt Bernstein
2003-05-03 3:14 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Andi Kleen
2003-05-03 13:51 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Diego Calleja García
2003-05-03 1:14 ` 2.5.68-mm4 Herbert Xu
2003-05-05 3:46 ` 2.5.68-mm4 && kexec Eric W. Biederman
2003-05-02 19:58 2.5.68-mm4 J. Hidding
2003-05-03 11:52 2.5.68-mm4 cb-lkml
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