linux-kernel - Re: unexpected kernel messages for Sun Fire X4100 (NUMA Opteron 64bit) with SLES10

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Date:	Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:35:53 +0200
From:	Tomasz Torcz <zdzichu@....pl>
To:	Ulrich Windl <ulrich.windl@...uni-regensburg.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: unexpected kernel messages for Sun Fire X4100 (NUMA Opteron 64bit) with SLES10

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 03:56:47PM +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote:
> I'm currently evaluating Novell/SUSE Enterprise Server 10 (SLES10) on a Sun Fire 
> X4100.
> That machine basically features two Dual-Core AMD Opteron CPUs with 8GB RAM each. 
> I'm running the latest SLES10 kernel (2.6.16.21-0.15-smp #1 SMP Tue Jul 25 
> 15:28:49 UTC 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) and the latest firmware for the 
> hardware (Sun seems not to produce a lot of those however: The Service Processor 
> still runs with "Linux version 2.4.22").

  Are you sure you have latest BIOS installed? From
http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=44cfd445 :
 BIOS 34 (0ABGA034). The improvements are:
    (...)
    * AMD PowerNow support

  Also, you may try if acpi-cpufreq modules works for you.


-- 
Tomasz Torcz                        To co nierealne -- tutaj jest normalne.
zdzichu@....-nie.spam-.pl          Ziomale na życie mają tu patenty specjalne.


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