User1: heylo
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User1: User2 my dbg kernel doesnt boot yet..
User2: it's not supposed to be a bootable kernel
User2: it's just supposed to be a package with an uncompressed unstripped vmlinux that people can use for debugging
User3: hey guys
User2: hey fabbione
User3: oh finally.. i can start building sparc again
User3: i just managed to get main in sync on the local mirror
User3: adding ia64 and hppa was the suck :)
User2: hehe
User1: User2 ah ok
User1: well thats a good thing then
User3: later boys
User3: i am off for a nap
User2: later fabio
User1: nap its only 8:30 am
User3: for you
User3: it
User3: it's 14:30 here
User1: yeah i know...im just pulling your leg
User1: User2 well it builds then i just have to figure some things out then
User2: you are just building the .deb, right? You're not building an entirely new kernel for this vmlinux, right?
User1: well i have a config.dbg and have modified the control files
User1: so when i created the *.deb it contains the regular kernel right now with oprofile enabled
User1: anyways
User1: brb...need to check on the server
User1: bleah
User4: is multicore working well with ubuntu-kernel?
User5: BenC : Dude, the president of "Adam's Discount Whitebox Servers" was totally at my house when I installed my server.  he even did all the work!  Surely, I need -bigiron, right?
User2: lol
User2: User5 if he carried the system in under one arm, then probably not :)
User1: stop making fun of me...
User5: Also, though I know damned well what it stands for, and I've administered NUMA systems, everytime I see "NUMA", I'm reminded of that company that made Christmas tree lights..
User5: (NOMA, was it?... I don't remember)
User5: "Install this kernel if your server has lots of lights!"
User1: "Install this kernel if your server takes up a room"
User2: I remember the room at NASA where the Cray was installed
User2: they MADE NASA paint the room a specific color of blue before they would install it
User1: hehe..
User5: Hah.
User5: Was that before or after the SGI buyout?
User2: way before
User2: this was like 8 years ago, and the machine was long gone
User5: Old fart. ;)
* BenC hocks a fat lugi on infinity
User1: heh..back in my day we had computers made of vaccum tubes and you had to poke it with a stick to get it to work
User5: I never did get to play with a Cray, but I did have a Himalaya non-stop machine at one site.
User5: It always struck me as odd that DEC's supercomputer was MIPS-based, and SGI's (granted, purchased from Cray) was Alpha-based.
User2: I did get to see the SGI O machines where the first Mars photos were coming in back in the middle 90's
User5: CONFUSION.
User2: lol
User5: I used to have nerd wet dreams about playing with a T90.  I think I'm finally over that.
User2: the SGI machine used to be 384 on the top 500 list, but it's probably like 45000 now
User2: don't lie, you only thought about it because you had one last night :)
User5: Besides, the most recent RS/6000 kit I played with spat all over the T90 (and at a fraction of the cost), so I guess I should get over my old skool gear lust.
User5: And no, I will never call them "pSeries"... I just can't do it.
User2: my apple2e satisfied my retro urges
User5: Speaking of.  Are we going to try to work with anyone this time around to get bootable kernels on pSeries kit?
User1: those apple ] [ gs were cool when i was a kid
User5: Apparently we missed the mark with breezy.
User5: I'm sure mdy has the contacts with IBM to get us testing gear.
User5: Not that I envision my living room having a 4096-CPU RS/6000 anytime soon, but I'd like to know we can at least boot and run in a VM partition properly.
User2: Mark got the IBM contacts, and now they are in touch with me
User5: Oh, spanky.
User2: the one guy is the head of the group that handles xSeries stuff
User5: I don't suppose IBM is pushing for us to do s/390 as well?
User2: and ACPI/PCI, so maybe we can get some bugs fixed
User2: not that I know of
User5: (damn)
User5: Not that I'd be happy debugging in Hercules or anything, but more commercial vendors shipping s/390 ports would be nice.
User5: I've met a few ISP/mass-vhosting type people who consider the 1U/blade->mainframe switch, but commercial support for Linux on mainframe VMs comes from far too few people.
User1: ugh...politicans at my door
User1: User2 for the dbg kernels we would want to keep the vmlinnux somewhere else wouldnt we?
User6: User1 Politicians are tasty on toast.
User1: yes especially liberals
User3: mommy mommy can i have a politician for dinner? well done mommy, i don
User3: 't like raw dog meat
User1: hehe
User3: OOOOK
User3: office rebuilding is complete
User3: i did run out of network cables
User3: and powercables
* fabbione will have to buy some more
User3: not all the equipment is even plugged
User7: hi :)
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