[02:54] <zul> heylo
[02:01] <zul> BenC: my dbg kernel doesnt boot yet..
[02:28] <BenC> it's not supposed to be a bootable kernel
[02:28] <BenC> it's just supposed to be a package with an uncompressed unstripped vmlinux that people can use for debugging
[02:31] <fabbione> hey guys
[02:34] <BenC> hey fabbione
[02:35] <fabbione> oh finally.. i can start building sparc again
[02:36] <fabbione> i just managed to get main in sync on the local mirror
[02:36] <fabbione> adding ia64 and hppa was the suck :)
[02:36] <BenC> hehe
[02:36] <zul> BenC: ah ok
[02:36] <zul> well thats a good thing then
[02:37] <fabbione> later boys
[02:37] <fabbione> i am off for a nap
[02:37] <BenC> later fabio
[02:37] <zul> nap its only 8:30 am
[02:37] <fabbione> for you
[02:37] <fabbione> it
[02:37] <fabbione> it's 14:30 here
[02:38] <zul> yeah i know...im just pulling your leg
[02:38] <zul> BenC: well it builds then i just have to figure some things out then
[02:39] <BenC> you are just building the .deb, right? You're not building an entirely new kernel for this vmlinux, right?
[02:40] <zul> well i have a config.dbg and have modified the control files
[02:41] <zul> so when i created the *.deb it contains the regular kernel right now with oprofile enabled
[02:45] <zul> anyways
[02:51] <zul> brb...need to check on the server
[03:51] <zul> bleah
[04:34] <lucasvo> is multicore working well with ubuntu-kernel?
[04:44] <infinity> 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?
[04:44] <BenC> lol
[04:46] <BenC> infinity: if he carried the system in under one arm, then probably not :)
[04:47] <zul> stop making fun of me...
[04:48] <infinity> 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..
[04:48] <infinity> (NOMA, was it?... I don't remember)
[04:48] <infinity> "Install this kernel if your server has lots of lights!"
[04:49] <zul> "Install this kernel if your server takes up a room"
[04:49] <BenC> I remember the room at NASA where the Cray was installed
[04:49] <BenC> they MADE NASA paint the room a specific color of blue before they would install it
[04:49] <zul> hehe..
[04:49] <infinity> Hah.
[04:50] <infinity> Was that before or after the SGI buyout?
[04:50] <BenC> way before
[04:50] <BenC> this was like 8 years ago, and the machine was long gone
[04:50] <infinity> Old fart. ;)
[04:50] <zul> 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
[04:51] <infinity> I never did get to play with a Cray, but I did have a Himalaya non-stop machine at one site.
[04:51] <infinity> It always struck me as odd that DEC's supercomputer was MIPS-based, and SGI's (granted, purchased from Cray) was Alpha-based.
[04:51] <BenC> I did get to see the SGI O machines where the first Mars photos were coming in back in the middle 90's
[04:51] <infinity> CONFUSION.
[04:51] <BenC> lol
[04:52] <infinity> I used to have nerd wet dreams about playing with a T90.  I think I'm finally over that.
[04:52] <BenC> the SGI machine used to be 384 on the top 500 list, but it's probably like 45000 now
[04:53] <BenC> don't lie, you only thought about it because you had one last night :)
[04:53] <infinity> 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.
[04:53] <infinity> And no, I will never call them "pSeries"... I just can't do it.
[04:53] <BenC> my apple2e satisfied my retro urges
[04:54] <infinity> Speaking of.  Are we going to try to work with anyone this time around to get bootable kernels on pSeries kit?
[04:54] <zul> those apple ] [ gs were cool when i was a kid
[04:54] <infinity> Apparently we missed the mark with breezy.
[04:55] <infinity> I'm sure mdy has the contacts with IBM to get us testing gear.
[04:56] <infinity> 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.
[04:56] <BenC> Mark got the IBM contacts, and now they are in touch with me
[04:56] <infinity> Oh, spanky.
[04:56] <BenC> the one guy is the head of the group that handles xSeries stuff
[04:56] <infinity> I don't suppose IBM is pushing for us to do s/390 as well?
[04:56] <BenC> and ACPI/PCI, so maybe we can get some bugs fixed
[04:57] <BenC> not that I know of
[04:57] <infinity> (damn)
[04:58] <infinity> Not that I'd be happy debugging in Hercules or anything, but more commercial vendors shipping s/390 ports would be nice.
[05:01] <infinity> 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.
[05:05] <zul> ugh...politicans at my door
[05:05] <zul> BenC: for the dbg kernels we would want to keep the vmlinnux somewhere else wouldnt we?
[05:17] <jbailey> zul: Politicians are tasty on toast.
[05:25] <zul> yes especially liberals
[05:41] <fabbione> mommy mommy can i have a politician for dinner? well done mommy, i don
[05:41] <fabbione> 't like raw dog meat
[05:47] <zul> hehe
[05:47] <fabbione> OOOOK
[05:47] <fabbione> office rebuilding is complete
[05:47] <fabbione> i did run out of network cables
[05:47] <fabbione> and powercables
[05:48] <fabbione> not all the equipment is even plugged 
[06:05] <CataEnry> hi :)