DELL SC1425 running Debian - Are stock 2.6 kernels known to work?

[Alessandro FAGLIA]

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Subject: DELL SC1425 running Debian -  Are stock 2.6 kernels known to work?
From: Simon Waters <simonw at zynet.net>
To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
Date: Fri Jul 18 2008 11:51:00 GMT+0200 (ora legale Europa occidentale)
> I have a DELL SC1425 running Sarge.
>
> I have tested the upgrade path to Etch (Better late than never), but on 
> slightly different hardware.
>
> The kernel is currently the stock Debian kernel: 2.4.27-2-686-smp [which has 
> worked flawlessly for over 3 years].
>
> My install notes (2005-05-04) say stock Debian kernel 2.6.8-2-686-smp didn't 
> work with this hardware, but I didn't write any details about how it broke (I 
> vaguely recall it not detecting the hard disks?!).
>
> The server runs Squid (amongst other things). 
>
> Squid in Etch (also version 2.6 just to confuse) requires "epoll".
>
> "epoll" requires a 2.6 kernel. 
>
> (I had to completely rework the squid config as well to make it work - sigh).
>
> I'd be grateful if anyone could confirm at what point (if any) stock 2.6 
> kernels started working, or at least that the current 2.6 kernel in Etch 
> works!
>
>   
We've just upgraded flawlessy a PE SC1420 to etch. Kernel version: 
vanilla 2.6.25.4 (compiled).
I don't know about SC1425, perhaps the hardware is quite the same. Our 
server has a CERC SATA 6ch in RAID5 configuration.

If you need more details just write me.


Regards.
-- Alessandro