Markus> -- [ From: Markus Kramer * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Im am
Markus> currently trying to put a linux-alpha containing a noname
Markus> board to work. So far is was able to install milo and to
Markus> boot uncompressed 1.3.49 kernel I have compiled myself. No
Markus> problems so far. A few days ago the noname board was
Markus> equipped with 1MB of cache. Since this was done I get
Markus> messages stating machine check forced, but doing no harm in
Markus> non regular periods of time. The messages states that reason
Markus> for machine check is unknown. Is this normal for a noname
Markus> board or is probably something wrong with my cache ?
Machine checks are not supposed to happen under normal circumstances
However, the NCR SCSI chip has problems generating parity according to
the PCI spec, so maybe that's what you're seeing now (though I'm not
sure why the cache would make a difference). Could you upgrade to
1.3.52 and see whether that fixes the problem? Since 1.3.50, PCI
parity is disabled on the Noname.
Markus> Has somebody already
Markus> ported module support to linux-alpha and if so, where can i
Markus> get if from?
A BFD based insmod etc. can be found in
ftp://ftp.azstarnet.com/pub/linux/misc/insmod-bfd-0.1.tar.gz. The Red
Hat distribution includes the module utilities so you may want to use
the corresponding RPM directly (if you don't want to configure/compile
things yourself).
--david
PS: If you get the ISDN driver to work, could you let me know so I can
update the FAQ?