From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:56:43 -0500 From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] kernels In-Reply-To: <3037290add86313840661dc1b61f81a8@collyer.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 12a38108-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri Mar 10 21:05:14 EST 2006, geoff@collyer.net wrote: > I helped a friend add a second processor to an l440gx+ in 2003. It > was running RedHat and needed a fix to one of the file system > implementations (ext3?) but I also have a faint memory of needing to > upgrade its firmware to make SMP work reliably. I had problems with the first of these systems I tried (the system was always on, took no notice of the front power or reset buttons) until I upgraded the firmware (still available on the Intel site). Now, whenever I liberate one of these machines from its miserable life of servitude running Linux I automatically upgrade it and let it run free, no longer shackled to the whims of rotating media.