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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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 > every few days. I'm still fighting with my box to find out where my > problem is. I would appreciate any pointers to diagnose and/or fix > this. I can't find anything on the lists or in the handbook on this > level of troubleshooting. > > I've got INVARIANTS support turned on, but I can't tell any difference > between that and the non-INVARIANTS kernel. When I break into the > debugger there's no locks or lockedvnods and I can't see anything that > *looks* wrong in the threads or processes. > > Rebooting every few days is worse than an NT server! > > How do I determine if it's a hardware issue, namely RAM or CPU? Can > breaking into the debugger tell me that, or do I have to start swapping > pieces out? > > 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFECiX/Wry0BWjoQKURAq6bAKDgChcaJCLPUcOs0FL7kmwx3HusmgCgqSML RV+FG/AWIlqgACa/XVBk7Fo= =RMUx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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