[parisc-linux] disk I/O error

[Grant Grundler]

Matthias Klose wrote:
> ok, seems that the root fs is damaged after some locks and following
> resets. For the reinstallation, which kernel should be used on a A500? 
> I Tried 2.4.17-64-smp, 2.4.16-64-smp, 2.4.17-64 and
> 2.4.16-64. However, the machine locks up after three, maybe four days.

You can try ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/kernels/a500/2.4.17-pa23.tgz

this seems to be fairly stable on my a500. And it has ext3
builtin so you can use it on your root filesystem.

I can say that 2.4.18-pa0 is *not* stable with CONFIG_SMP on A500.
It only runs a few hours before locking up.
We suspect issues with do_gettimeofday() (iirc).

grant