Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.17 stability on Lions

From: Chris McDermott <lcm_at_us.ibm.com>
Date: 2002-01-08 10:33:41
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 13:48 -0800, David Mosberger wrote: 
> >>>>> On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 10:20:15 -0800, Michael Madore <mmadore@turbolinux.com> said:
> 
>   Michael> Hi, I am seeing frequent lockups on my Lion box running
>   Michael> 2.4.17.  I have firmware 76 installed.  Does anyone have
>   Michael> this kernel running reliably on a lion box?  If so, what
>   Michael> firmware version are you using.  I was running 2.4.9
>   Michael> previously, and that seemed to be pretty stable.
> 
> I suspect you need fw 99 or newer.  Trouble is: I don't think Intel
> has released those newer versions on Quad yet.
> 
> 	--david
> 
And from what I understand, Intel does not plan to release on QuAD,
any fw greater than 83B. FW revisions > 83B are not supported on
Intel Lions, only OEM platforms. If you install an unsupported FW
revision on a Lion, and you experience H/W problems, Intel will not
support you. Speaking from personal experience here.

Chris
Received on Mon Jan 07 15:33:06 2002

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