Hello Alexandr, Ok, I will. Regards, -Sergey On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 03:20:44PM +0200, Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Serge, > > On 22/05/17 15:03, Serge Semin wrote: > >> I have an SGI Onyx2 and just recently acquired a working SGI Origin 200. The > >> Onyx2 has NUMA issues yet to be hunted down, but I got ~3 days uptime out of > >> the Origin 200 running compiles before powering it down. Mainline needs 2-3 > >> small patches to make IP27 workable, last I tested. > >> > >> I'd have to look at the IP27 code again and see if I can make sense of what > >> it's doing. I think it dealt with either setting up memory for an initrd > >> (which I haven't used in over a decade), or it's for the NUMA stuff to discover > >> all memory on each node. > >> > >> -- > >> Joshua Kinard > >> Gentoo/MIPS > >> kumba@xxxxxxxxxx > >> 6144R/F5C6C943 2015-04-27 > >> 177C 1972 1FB8 F254 BAD0 3E72 5C63 F4E3 F5C6 C943 > >> > >> "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And our > >> lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between." > >> > >> --Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic > > It's great to hear of your willingness to help. Since both Loonson64 and SGI IP27 > > problematic architecture-specific code will be appropriately altered, I'll publish > > the fixed general MIPS-memblock patchset within two months. I'll also try to > > involve Ralf in it when I'm ready, so to make sure all my alterations are made > > within kernel arch-code coding style. While I'm working on it, you can still use > > the current patchset for some limited tests. > > Please Cc me in this case, I should be able to test on Octeon MIPS64 platform. > > -- > Best regards, > Alexander Sverdlin.
