Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:46:45 +0200 From: Albert Shih <shih@math.jussieu.fr> To: Dave Raven <dave@raven.za.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2.1 SMP problems Message-ID: <20040604114645.GA15198@math.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <40C04522.6010501@raven.za.net> References: <40C04522.6010501@raven.za.net>
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Le 04/06/2004 à 11:47:14+0200, Dave Raven a écrit > Hi all, > Installed 5.2.1 on a high load server - albeit not recommended - and > it was working perfectly with SMP support. It picked up 4 cpu's and > appeared to be using them all. (The box is a dual 2.4gig Xeon machine). > Anyway, the box was as I said under quite a bit of load, and would die > about once a day - just reboot. I looked into it a bit and found > whenever I put more load on (e.g. a make install in ports) it would > panic - vm_load_page or something like that - sorry about being so > vague. Anyway I took out SMP support, and now it boots with 2 cpu's - > one normal Xeon + HT for the second (no idea how to disable that - but I > don't need to)... its been running perfect for 4 days now and I put it > under SERIOUS load.. has anyone else had SMP problems on 5.2.1? I > couldn't find anything about it at first glimpse... > Have you shure this problem is with FreeBSD ? First check your memory with some software like memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) When I've this kind of problem, always it's because some error in RAM. Regards -- Albert SHIH Universite de Paris 7 (Denis DIDEROT) U.F.R. de Mathematiques. Heure local/Local time: Fri Jun 4 13:43:52 CEST 2004help
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