Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:42:55 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Brad Waite <freebsd@wcubed.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4-STABLE hangs every few days Message-ID: <20060304234255.GA63281@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <440A1F61.8070501@wcubed.net> References: <440A1F61.8070501@wcubed.net>
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--jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 04:14:41PM -0700, Brad Waite wrote: > I'm running 5.4-STABLE on a dual Xeon Tyan i7500 which is freezing up=20 > every few days. I'm still fighting with my box to find out where my=20 > problem is. I would appreciate any pointers to diagnose and/or fix=20 > this. I can't find anything on the lists or in the handbook on this=20 > level of troubleshooting. >=20 > I've got INVARIANTS support turned on, but I can't tell any difference=20 > between that and the non-INVARIANTS kernel. When I break into the=20 > debugger there's no locks or lockedvnods and I can't see anything that=20 > *looks* wrong in the threads or processes. >=20 > Rebooting every few days is worse than an NT server! >=20 > How do I determine if it's a hardware issue, namely RAM or CPU? Can=20 > breaking into the debugger tell me that, or do I have to start swapping= =20 > pieces out? >=20 > Any help appreciated. It might be worth just upgrading to 6.1 since a) Performance is likely to be better, and b) Many bugs are fixed, possibly including yours. Kris --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFECiX/Wry0BWjoQKURAq6bAKDgChcaJCLPUcOs0FL7kmwx3HusmgCgqSML RV+FG/AWIlqgACa/XVBk7Fo= =RMUx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh--
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