Version 2.4.37.5 of Crash Recovery Kit for Linux

[Posted September 2, 2009 by ris]

From:		"Robert M. Stockmann" <stock-AT-stokkie.net>
To:		lwn-AT-lwn.net
Subject:		Version 2.4.37.5 of Crash Recovery Kit for Linux
Date:		Tue, 1 Sep 2009 19:38:16 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID:		<Pine.LNX.4.44.0909011929210.436-100000@dellie2.hardebol.nl>


Hi,

       Version 2.4.37.5 of the Crash Recovery Kit for Linux (CRK)
    has been released.
       CRK v.2.4.37.5-rh73 i386, is based upon RedHat 7.3 i386. The 
    kernel is patched with linux-2.4.37.5-e1000e.patch.bz2, based on 
    the Intel driver v0.5.11.2, for Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCIe Gigabit 
    Ethernet and works with the Intel® 82574L PCIe Gigabit card.  
    linux-2.4.37.5-e1000e.patch.bz2, which supplies e1000e.o, is 
    adjusted to compile with gcc-2.95.3. In addition the 3w-9xxx.o 
    driver, v2.4-9.5.1, was added, supporting the 3Ware 9690SA SAS/SATA 
    PCIe controller.
       RedHat 7.3 was added as runtime, for its stability. This CRK can 
    be secured with a password and has support for DNS nameservers 
    inside /etc/resolv.conf.

download :
http://crashrecovery.org/CrashRecoveryKit/iso/2.4.37.5/
http://crashrecovery.org/CrashRecoveryKit/iso/2.4.37.5/cr...
http://crashrecovery.org/CrashRecoveryKit/iso/2.4.37.5/cr...
http://crashrecovery.org/CrashRecoveryKit/iso/2.4.37.5/HO...

changelog :
http://crashrecovery.org/changelog.html

Best Regards,

Robert
-- 
Robert M. Stockmann - RHCE
Network Engineer - UNIX/Linux Specialist
crashrecovery.org  stock@stokkie.net

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Version 2.4.37.5 of Crash Recovery Kit for Linux

Posted Sep 4, 2009 13:22 UTC (Fri) by stock (guest, #5849) [Link]

Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:46:58 +0200 (CEST)
From: Robert M. Stockmann <stock@stokkie.net>
To: support@supermicro.com
Subject: Version 2.4.37.5 of Crash Recovery Kit for Linux (fwd)

Dear Support Dept,

With the below recovery/ migration tool i was able to migrate a old
redhat 7.3 installation from a near dead Tyan machine to the SuperMicro
X7SB3-F inside a SuperMicro SC813M , expanded with a 3Ware 9690SA
SAS/SATA PCIe Controller. The only thing needed was a rebuild/update of
the linux-2.4 kernel to version 2.4.37.5 patched with Intel driver
v0.5.11.2, for Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCIe Gigabit, e1000e.o, which i
adjusted to compile with gcc-2.95.3 on the linux-2.4 i386 platform.
Also added was the 3Ware 3w-9xxx v2.4-9.5.1, supporting the 3Ware
9690SA SAS/SATA PCIe.

I must say that your Intel Xeon based offerings supply a lot
of bang for the buck, while maintaining a rock-solid server
product.

Best Regards,

Robert
PS. Because e1000e.o falls back to legacy interrupts, bypassing
the complicated PCIe NAPI structure from linux-2.6 and
also bypassing the MSI and MSI-X interrupt work-queue
patch-work, I believe i may have running here the Dual Intel® 82574L
PCI-E Gigabit LAN devices as real-time Gigabit. At least
the result feels rock-solid here. Network stress tests
on Gigabit switch backbones and teaming bonding the
two e1000e.o devices is what i cannot perform here.
Maybe your department can put this raw real-time Gigabit,
driver to the test.
--
Robert M. Stockmann - RHCE
Network Engineer - UNIX/Linux Specialist
crashrecovery.org stock@stokkie.net

PS. the diff to the e1000e-0.5.11.2.tar.gz driver by Intel can be found
here :
http://crashrecovery.org/CrashRecoveryKit/iso/2.4.37.5/e1...