Re: Proliant hangs with 2.4 but works with 2.2.

Arturas V (arturasv@hotmail.com)
Wed, 26 Dec 2001 16:11:27 -0500

lafanga lafanga wrote:
>I have a Compaq Proliant 1600 server which can be hung on demand with >all
>the 2.4 series kernels I have tried (2.4, 2.4.1 & 2.4.2-pre3). >Kernel
>2.2.16 runs perfectly (from a default RH7.0).

>I have ensured that the server meets the necessary requirements for >the
>2.4 kernels (modutils etc) and I have tried kgcc and various gcc versions.
> >When compiling I have tried default configs and also minimalist configs
>(with only cpqarray and tlan). I have also ensured that I have the latest
> >current SmartStart CD (4.9) and have setup the firmware for installing
>Linux.

I had similar problem with 2.4.5 Kernel. I managed to solve the problem by
configuring a working verion of kernel with
NCR53C8XX SCSI support as well as SYM53C8XX. As far as I understood
SYM53C8xx support covers 53C8xx chips better than NCR53C8xx and that makes
all the difference. Anyone understands why?

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