Hi Harald,
Harald Koerfgen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> it looks like I found the annoying bug which made 2.1.131 unstable:
>
> [root@192 /proc]# uname -a
> Linux 192.168.0.3 2.1.131 #2 Mon Jan 18 18:58:22 MET 1999 mips unknown
> [root@192 /proc]# uptime
> 10:15pm up 40 min, 5 users, load average: 17.58, 18.15, 17.53
>
> This is on my DECstation 5000/260 running two "make -j 10 netboot" in
> parallel on two kernel source trees. I booted in single user mode, started
> inetd manually and opened four telnet sessions :-).
>
> The bug was simple but not necessary obvious: duplicate labels in
> r2300_misc.S and r4k_misc.S which, although not declared as such, were
> global.
>
> Quick'n'dirty fix: rename those labels.
>
> Please apply the attached patch to r2300_misc.S and experience the
> wonderful world of linux-2.1.131 :-).
>
> [As a side note for the not so experienced reader:
> cd .../linux/arch/mips/kernel
> patch r2300_misc.S <patch-r2300_misc]
I'm sorry to report, my 260 is still unstable with 2.1.131, even after
that patch.
The first time it died at ntpdate, and was not pingable anymore.
The next time I booted single user, started inetd, and unpacked
a tar file. While starting 'top', it died again.
Back to 2.1.121....
Regards,
--
Karel van Houten
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The box said "Requires Windows 95 or better."
I can't understand why it won't work on my Linux computer.
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