From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 15:11:18 2006 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1FFB16A40F for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:11:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Received: from parrot.aev.net (parrot.aev.net [212.31.247.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F59843D5D for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:09:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Received: from soth.ventu (adsl-ull-245-224.51-151.net24.it [151.51.224.245]) (authenticated bits=128) by parrot.aev.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBDFGKfc052750 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:16:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Received: from [10.1.2.18] (alamar.ventu [10.1.2.18]) by soth.ventu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBDFAdH1065253; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:10:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Message-ID: <458017EF.5070808@netfence.it> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:10:39 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml.diespammer@netfence.it> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <83083882-E193-445F-AF3D-E3ECD1E243B1@hughes.net> <20061111063049.GA81772@xor.obsecurity.org> <608516EC-BBD0-40E7-A773-2E8056981FAA@hughes.net> <20061111195632.GA8718@xor.obsecurity.org> <4565812E.6060604@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <4565812E.6060604@netfence.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 212.31.247.179 Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: 6.x hangs on AMD64 again X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:11:18 -0000 Andrea Venturoli wrote: > I think I'm having the same problems. > I'm running 6.1(latest patch set)/amd64 on a dual-core Opteron Acer > server with SCSI disks and it is hanging completely and suddenly. > Checking the hardware was the first thing I did, but it really seems ok > (unless it's the second core on the processor). I checked, among the > others: the HDs with the vendor's tools, RAM with MemTest86+ and the CPU > with different stress tools. If anyone can suggest other diagnostics > I'd be happy to comply. > I compiled the kernel with debug info, but that's totally useless, since > it won't dump anything, just hang there; I don't think even DDB would > help, since even the keyboard is not working at that time. If I'm > missing something, I'd be glad to be directed to any pointer. > The box features an em NIC on board, but since it shows a lot of > problems, I removed that driver from the kernel (it's not possible to > turn it off in the BIOS, though) and put in a different add-on card. I > had some shared IRQs, but managed to solve that issue (even if I think > it should not matter). > Next, I'll try to disable SMP as soon as I can and see if it helps. > > Of course upgrading to 6.2 should be attempted, but since this is a > production server and 6.2 is still at RC1... This is just to say that, since SMP was disabled, I've had no problems at all. Not that I like using UP on an x2 CPU... bye & Thanks av.