Re: Aurora SPARC Linux 1.0 (ansel) with hyperSPARC cpus?

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:40:06PM -1000, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>> "Christian" == Christian Jönsson <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> Christian> Is there anyone here that has experience of running Aurora SPARC Linux
> Christian> on system's equipped with ROSS hyperSPARC processors?
> 
> Christian> I have two dual ROSS 125 MHz that I am not sure if they work at all,
> Christian> if they are "burnt", but I can't get 1.0 (Ansel) to work with them
> Christian> plugged in.
> 
> Christian> If I have a UP superSPARC-II, it's fine with 2.4.20 UP kernel, dual
> Christian> spuerSPARC-II, fine also, well, 0.32 was... with 2.4.18.. SMP kernel,
> Christian> haven't tried 1.0 yet..
> 
> I'm presently running 0.4 on a SS20 with a pair of dual ross
> hypersparc cpu's.  I haven't yet had the time/courage to make the leap
> to 1.0 though probably will soon.
> 
> Here is the content of /proc/cpuinfo for your reference:
> 
> cpu             : ROSS HyperSparc RT625 or RT626
> fpu             : ROSS HyperSparc combined IU/FPU
> promlib         : Version 3 Revision 2
> prom            : 2.22
> type            : sun4m
> ncpus probed    : 4
> ncpus active    : 4
> Cpu0Bogo        : 99.73
> Cpu1Bogo        : 99.94
> Cpu2Bogo        : 99.94
> Cpu3Bogo        : 99.94
> MMU type        : ROSS HyperSparc
> contexts        : 4096
> nocache total   : 5242880
> nocache used    : 187904
> CPU0            : online
> CPU1            : online
> CPU2            : online
> CPU3            : online
> 

Thank you. Here's what I have:

Aurora SPARC Project release 1.0 (Ansel)
Based on Red Hat Linux 7.X
Kernel 2.4.20-2.3sparcsmp on an sparc

sparky login: chj
Password:
Last login: Mon Jan 27 21:41:03 from 192.168.1.3
You have mail.
chj@sparky:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu             : ROSS HyperSparc RT625 or RT626
fpu             : ROSS HyperSparc combined IU/FPU
promlib         : Version 3 Revision 2
prom            : 2.25
type            : sun4m
ncpus probed    : 4
ncpus active    : 4
Cpu0Bogo        : 124.92
Cpu1Bogo        : 125.33
Cpu2Bogo        : 125.33
Cpu3Bogo        : 125.33
MMU type        : ROSS HyperSparc
contexts        : 4096
nocache total   : 5242880
nocache used    : 185856
CPU0            : online
CPU1            : online
CPU2            : online
CPU3            : online
chj@sparky:~$


However, it takes quite a bit longer time to boot this machine qith 4
125 MHz cpus rather than one 65? MHz cpu. That's a bit strange. Also
running bash is "slowish" and configuring al kinds of sources. I am
just figuring if there's something wrong with these ROSS cpus...

Cheers,

/ChJ