Re: Linux 2.4.19pre2-ac1

[Mike Fedyk]

On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:56:51PM -0400, skidley wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 02:09:46AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > This one is a bit more experimental. I've avoided putting too much in so
> > > we can see how the O(1) scheduler pans out.
> > > 
> > 
> > --- linux.19p2/Makefile Fri Mar  1 18:26:30 2002
> > +++ linux.19pre2-ac1/Makefile   Fri Mar  1 18:41:22 2002
> > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> >  VERSION = 2
> >  PATCHLEVEL = 4
> >  SUBLEVEL = 19
> > -EXTRAVERSION = -pre2
> > +EXTRAVERSION = -pre1-ac3
> >  
> >  KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)
> > 
> > Ehh, a little problem here. :(
> > 
> > It does apply and compile on top of pre2, but uname -r will say different.
> > 
> I just changed the Makefile here, note my signature (uname -a)
>

Yep, me too, but after the first compile. drrr.

> I was wondering about the new Machine Check Exception Option added with
> this patch. where can I get info(if there is any) on using it, re the boot option to use the Mb's it supports and any userland stuff if any.

I believe any pII or newer MB should support it, and you need to tell your
log checker to look for the new output from the kernel...

Mike