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--- lbaops:vsib_installation [2017/05/31 16:04]
chrisphillips [Install vsib drivers and setup]
+++ lbaops:vsib_installation [2021/01/04 14:47] (current)
chrisphillips [DAS GUI]
@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
  <code>
  apt-get install apt-file libfftw3-dev tkdiff g++ gcc gfortran build-essential subversion pgplot5
-   tcptraceroute ethtool wireshark autoconf libtool gnu-standards emacs qiv tcpdump x11-apps zlib1g-dev  pkg-config ntpdate ntp libgtk2-perl screen lshw
+   tcptraceroute ethtool wireshark autoconf libtool gnu-standards emacs qiv tcpdump x11-apps zlib1g-dev  pkg-config ntpdate ntp libgtk2-perl screen lshw firmware-qlogic libpng12-dev
    apt-file update
 </code>
@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 **SQUEEZE & WHEEZEY**
 <code>apt-get install libpng12-dev libpgplot-perl</code>
+Can duplicate packages from an existing machine:
+On original
+<code>
+apt-clone clone lbadr
+</code>
+On new machine
+<code>
+apt-clone restore lbadr.apt-clone.tar.gz
+</code>
   * Copy bigphysarea kernel deb package (see below)
-<code>dpkg -i linux-image-XXX-bigphys_1.0_i386.deb</code>
+<code>dpkg -i linux-image-XXX-bigphys_1.2_i386.deb  dpkg -i linux-headers-XXX-bigphys_1.2_i386.deb</code>
 **SQUEEZE & WHEEZEY**
-    * Edit ''/etc/default/grub'' change ''GRUB_DEFAULT'' as appropriate and ''GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="bigphysarea=128000"''
+    * Edit ''/etc/default/grub'' change ''GRUB_DEFAULT'' as appropriate and ''GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="bigphysarea=64000"''
-<code>update grub</code>
+<code>update-grub</code>
@@ Line 58: / Line 69: @@
      Support for big physical area reservation (BIGPHYS_AREA) [N/y/?] (NEW) y
   make-kpkg clean
-  fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=1.0 --append-to-version=-bigphys kernel_image
+  fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=1.0 --append-to-version=-bigphys kernel_image kernel_headers
 </code>
-Removed the following modules/catagories
+Removed the following modules/categories
 <code>
@@ Line 97: / Line 108: @@
 <code>
         # vsib board
-        KERNEL="vsib", MODE="0664", GROUP="vlbi"
+        KERNEL=="vsib", MODE="0664", GROUP="vlbi"
 </code>
@@ Line 105: / Line 116: @@
   * via CPAN Config::Trivial.pm, Astro::Time
-===== e1000e Network driver for New VSI machines  =====
+===== New VSI Machines =====
+==== e1000e Network driver ====
 Need support for Intel I219LM LAN controller
-  * Download e1000e-3.3.5.3.tar.gz from https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/15817
+  * Download e1000e-3.3.5.3.tar.gz from https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/15817 (latest 3.4.2.1)
 <code>
@@ Line 118: / Line 131: @@
 </code>
+==== Patch kernel ====
+https://launchpadlibrarian.net/85312585/fix_readq.patch
+<code>
+---
+ drivers/acpi/atomicio.c |   11 +++++++++--
+file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+--- a/drivers/acpi/atomicio.c
++++ b/drivers/acpi/atomicio.c
+@@ -306,11 +306,18 @@ static int acpi_atomic_read_mem(u64 padd
+ 	case 32:
+ 		*val = readl(addr);
+ 		break;
+-#ifdef readq
+ 	case 64:
++#ifdef readq
+ 		*val = readq(addr);
+-		break;
++#else
++		{
++			u64 h;
++			*val = readl(addr);
++			h = readl(addr+4);
++			*val = *val + (h << 32);
++		}
+ #endif
++		break;
+ 	default:
+ 		return -EINVAL;
+ 	}
+</code>
+===== DAS GUI =====
+  * Install ''libmotif-dev libxt-dev ''
+  * ''cd evlbi/das/das_gui; make''
+  * ''mkdir -p ~/das/das1; mkdir ~/das/das2''
+  * Copy from backup ''~/das/profiles''
+  * Add "vlbi" to "dialout" in ''/etc/group''
+===== Create partitions for RAID =====
+bit kernel can only handle 16 TB partitions....
+The following command to create 2 partitions:
+   parted -a optimal -s -- /dev/sdb unit gb mkpart primary 50 2025 mkpart primary 2025 -0 set 3 raid on set 4 raid on
+   mdadm --create /dev/md3 --level=5 --raid-devices=8 /dev/sd[abcdefgh]3
+   mdadm --create /dev/md4 --level=5 --raid-devices=8 /dev/sd[abcdefgh]4

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