From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 15 11:05:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC138106567A; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:05:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A8038FC08; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:05:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <487C8486.1040904@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:05:42 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Sullivan References: <854CADB9D95147CAB10BC35887A8E5DC@emea.hubersuhner.net> <20080715102135.GA18082@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 'Jeremy Chadwick' , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fresh 7.0 Install: Fatal Trap 12 panic when put under load 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: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:05:43 -0000 John Sullivan wrote: > >> Can the system in question run memtest86+ successfully (no >> errors) for an hour? It would help diminish (but not >> entirely rule out) hardware (memory or chipset) issues. > > Sorry, forgot to mention, I ran memtest over night without any problem reported. I ran Fedora 9 for a month without any issue - > FreeBSD 7.0 crashes within an hour. Well, that doesn't rule out hardware failure. Different OSes may use different capabilities of the hardware, or just use it in a different way, and that can provoke failures from marginal hardware. Please collect kgdb/ddb backtraces. Kris