[parisc-linux] 2.4.18 SMP instability

[Grant Grundler]

Jeremy Drake wrote:
> OK, I was doing an apt-get update, and the damn thing died at Reading 
> Package Lists... 0%.  I'll see what's up with it when I can, do you want 
> ser pim, ser pim toc, or just wait for a new kernel?

If the box HPMC'd, I'd like the "ser pim".

> Some things that occured to me about the hardware that may be influencing 
> this.  The on-board USB on this box is broken (as in physically damaged).  

That's a good observation. Can you characterize how extensive is the
physical damage?

I don't recall anything on the previous console output that suggests
the USB interface driver isn't happy.

> I have a pci usb card in there for typing on the graphics console, and 
> when I installed it into the first slot recommended by the manual (2 I 
> think) the box did some HPMC stuff when it tried to do selftests.  I moved 
> it to slot 8 and everything seems happy with it.  Maybe something in the 
> smp code is aggrevating these problems...

Possible. Which manual are you referring to?
one that came with the USB card or some HP PARISC manual?

grant