SCore Linux Kernel Installation

1. SCore Kernel Installation from binary RPMs

   To Install sources, issue the following commands:

   	# cd /opt/score.work
   	# rpm -U --force kernel-source-score-2.4.21-*.rpm
   

   To install the kernel image, issue the following commands depending on your machine architecture:
   • For Pentium Pro and later Intel architectures

     	# cd /opt/score.work
     	# rpm -U --force kernel-2.4.21-*SCORE.i686.rpm
     	# rpm -U --force kernel-smp-2.4.21-*SCORE.i686.rpm
     

   • For Pentium archictures

     	# cd /opt/score.work
     	# rpm -U --force kernel-2.4.21-*SCORE.i586.rpm
     	# rpm -U --force kernel-smp-2.4.21-*SCORE.i586.rpm
     

   • For 386 and 486 archictures

     
     	# cd /opt/score.work
     	# rpm -U --force kernel-2.4.21-*SCORE.i386.rpm
     

2. /etc/lilo.conf

   If you use lilo, edit the /etc/lilo.conf so that the SCore linux kernel is used. An example of the /etc/lilo.conf is shown below:

   boot=/dev/hda
   map=/boot/map
   install=/boot/boot.b
   prompt
   timeout=50
   message=/boot/message
   linear
   default=linux
   image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-2SCOREsmp
           label=linux
           initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-1SCOREsmp.img
           read-only
           root=/dev/hda5
   image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-2SCORE
           label=linux-up
           initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-2SCORE.img
           read-only
           root=/dev/hda5
   
   

3. Installing the bootloader

   If you use lilo, the lilo command must be issued as follows:

   	# sync
   	# lilo
   

4. Halt the system and install a Myrinet card, then reboot the system
   

   	# /sbin/halt
   

   If a Myrinet card has been installed, the following kernel messages will appear during the boot sequence:

   Myrinet 9 revison(1) bus(0) iobase(e7000000) irq(c) vmem(d0800000)
   

   Values depend on the version of the Myrinet card and the host system. To make sure the PM drivers have been installed, issue the following command:

   	# dmesg | grep -i pm
   

   You will see several messages. e.g.,

   PM memory support
   Register pm_memory as major(123)
   pm[0]: clockval = 90449044, cpu = 403, delay = 0, board = 1, sram = 100000
   pm[0]: 30 contexts using 3840K bytes of memory
   Register pm as major(121)
   PM/Ethernet: "$Id: pm_ethernet_dev.c,v 1.68 2001/02/24 12:48:14 s-sumi Exp$"
   PM/Ethernet: register etherpm device as major(122)
   pmshmem: version = $Id: pm_shmem.c,v 1.6 2000/09/25 12:42:28 kameyama Exp $
   pmshmem_init: register pm_shmem as major(124)
   etherpm0: 8 contexts using 2048K bytes of memory, maxunit=2, maxnodes=128.
   etherpm0: Interrupt Reaping on eth0, irq 10
   

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