Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:42:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: hmpierce@cs.cmu.edu
To: sparc-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Argh... 2.1.119





On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Az0th wrote:

> Yup, tried. Mostly failed. ;}
> 

Well, I checked out of vger today (09/09/98) and got version
2.1.120 which now allows me to run X :) However, ctrl-alt-bs
still causes  NMI (non-maskable-interrupt) or exiting the window.  But
I can live with that for now :)  Other notes:

When I find a new ftp home, I will start uploading
my kernels again ( I no longer
work at CMU so I can upload my kernels to the work station I had anymore).
So,, when I either find some one kind or get a job where they will allow
me to do o have a public ftp area :) I will for those that are
interested.

As for observed improvements, it looks like they have been 
messing with the interrupt handling in the kernel 'cause on the SS1+ I
don't see interrupts gogin up into the thoounds anymore during a kernel
compile; on the SS2 I have, it looks like the same thing has occurred, but
its
effects are not as noticable in terms of improvement in performance.

As for NMI I have been complaining about ;) it is occurring 
in the interrupt handler for the keyboard/mouser... at least strace 
is showing that it gets just before that point.   Alas, I am new to the
low level details of the Sparc, so the best I can do currently is figure
out where things
wwent wrong.

-henry

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