Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:21:15 +0000 From: "VR6 Power" <blownvr6@hotmail.com> To: paul@max.uk.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.4 Stable and SMP problems? Message-ID: <F138FqL5HmCClDBdMFq00001dd9@hotmail.com>
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<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Interested, I will keep you posted on my experiences with this machine. Thanks for your help Paul, have a good day!</P> <P> </P> <P>-SteveC</P> <P><BR><BR> </P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: "Paul Lomax" <PAUL@MAX.UK.COM> <DIV></DIV>>To: "VR6 Power" <BLOWNVR6@HOTMAIL.COM> <DIV></DIV>>CC: <FREEBSD-QUESTIONS@FREEBSD.ORG> <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: 4.4 Stable and SMP problems? <DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:00:42 +0100 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> > Custom machines, Supermicro motherboard, dual PIII 1ghz.. <DIV></DIV>> > I am getting the same identical errors as you. <DIV></DIV>> > How long have you been running 4.4 with smp enabled? <DIV></DIV>> > Any negative effects from this error? I've talked to a few others <DIV></DIV>> > who are running into this problem as well and they are in the dark as much <DIV></DIV>>as I am. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>We've been running for a couple of months now - on 4.3-RELEASE at the moment <DIV></DIV>>due to getting ports opened on firewalls being likened to getting blood out <DIV></DIV>>of a stone.. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>I havent noticed any performance issues really - top shows all 4 CPUs being <DIV></DIV>>used okay. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>We have however experienced random freezes - the box returns pings but no <DIV></DIV>>services (ssh/http/etc) connect but dont respond. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>I dont think its related to the CPU issue however, i'm putting it down to a <DIV></DIV>>problem (software or hardware, not sure yet) with the SCSI or RAID cards. <DIV></DIV>>(HP NetRaid 3i raid, Symbios SCSI). I've turned up logging levels to see if <DIV></DIV>>I can catch anything. Course, if the disks are just stopping then it wont <DIV></DIV>>be able to log... <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Paul <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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