Re: AMD MP, SMP, Tyan 2466

[Artur Jasowicz <kernel@mousebusiness.com>]

To make sure that I have a clean environment I've reinstalled RedHat 9
workstation. This is supposed to give a complete set of tools for software
development. It did not install kernel sources though, so I've installed
that RPM. It installed sources for 2.4.20.

Then I've downloaded kernel 2.4.21 from vger. I placed the decompressed
source in /home/linux2.4.21/. I based my configuration on RedHat's config
for AMD SMP (included in kernel source RPM) and on
linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/defconfig. Recompiled the kernel.

On first attempt to boot from that new kernel the machine started acting up
and eventually froze. I've tried rebooting from RedHat installed non-SMP
kernel a couple of times and kept getting stuck in various places during the
boot. 

I started suspecting the RAM. I replaced the Corsair PC2100 1GB module with
a 512M module. The machine started working fine under RedHat kernel.
Switched to my SMP kernel - it ran fine except for one time when it simply
logged me out while I was in the middle of typing a bash command.

I've logged back in, recompiled Promise driver while running in SMP. This
was the first time I was able to do that in SMP. I've loaded the driver,
left machine running overnight. Came in this morning - machine was still up.
I attempted to copy some files to Promise Raid volume. The machine locked up
in the middle of transfer. I tried to reboot in SMP and it failed each time.
I rebooted with RedHat's 2.4.20-8smp kernel but with nosmp boot parameter
and it came up ok. Rebooted the same kernel without the nosmp parameter and
it did this:

Checking root filesystem
/:clean, 24049/131328 files, 45328/262144 blocks
Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode   [OK]
Activation swap partitions:    [OK]
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 349: [: command not found
//the above message repeated for 12 more lines, not subsequent
//though, e.g. 350, 356, 360.

mounting local filesystems: [OK]
Enabling local filesystem quotas:   [OK]
malloc: make_cmd.c: 96: assertion blotched
malloc: block on free list clobbered
                                            Stopping myself...

// FROZEN, rebooted from RH 2.4.20-8smp
checking for new hardware/etc/rc3.d/S05kudzu: line 93 211 segmentation fault
/usr/sbin/kudzu $KUDZU_ARGS -t 30   [FAILED]
Updating /etc/fstab [OK]
Setting network parameters  [OK]
Bringing up loopback interface
//FROZEN, rebooted from RH 2.4.20-8smp with nosmp parameter - booted fine.

In my .config I tried to strip as much as possible, although I left some
things in that I was not sure about.

Brian:

> 
> .config please
> 
See below

Bart:
> Did you compile this kernel yourself?
> I think so, and I think there's something wrong with your compiler.
Yes I did. To avoid possibility of poorly configured compiler, I've
reinstalled a clean Red Hat 9 in workstation flavor. This is supposed to
install all tools necessary for software development. As long as RedHat's
installer didn't mess anything up, my compiler should be fine now, right?

> And here's something wrong with your glibc.........
Whatever glibc was used was installed from RH's distro. How can I make sure
that I am using a good copy of it?

Any suggestions on what to try next?

Artur


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