I cannot test the SMP version at this time, but I strongly recommend
compiling the kernel yourself, rather than using the RH RPMs for
anything more than an initial load.
Or such has been my experience.
I've seen and had some minor problems in several aspects of operation
(although none in LDM) with stock kernels from RH.
Gerry
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Anne Wilson wrote:
>
> Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
> >
> > Weather.admin.niu.edu is back up on the old kernel. It is very apparent
> > that the latest SMP kernel release from Redhat yesterday, version 2.4.9-6,
> > hates the LDM. The non-SMP version is cool with it. Under the new
> > SMP (more than one processor) kernel, the LDM, once started, just
> > continually uses the disk drive. Very weird. The load average on my
> > machine then rockets up to 10. On the non-SMP machine it stays at a solid
> > .40, and the disk drive reads/writes as normal. When I switched back to
> > the old (2.4-3) kernel on my dual processor machine, all was fine.
> >
> > Should I email Redhat or the support folks@UNIDATA, or both? Well, UNIDATA
> > support is getting this, so half of my question is answered... :-)
> >
> > *******************************************************************************
> > Gilbert Sebenste
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>
> Hi Gilbert,
>
> We don't yet have the hardware/software combination necessary to test
> this yet, but presumably we will some time in the future.
>
> Did you rebuild the LDM?
>
> Anne
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