From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 4 23:43:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F68816A420 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 23:43:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FE1D43D68 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 23:42:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D35F81A4E21; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 15:42:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 52B5751DA0; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:42:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:42:55 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Brad Waite Message-ID: <20060304234255.GA63281@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <440A1F61.8070501@wcubed.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jI8keyz6grp/JLjh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <440A1F61.8070501@wcubed.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4-STABLE hangs every few days X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:43:00 -0000 --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--