From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 04:47:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B66A16A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 04:47:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEF4943D31 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 04:46:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jas@math.jussieu.fr) Received: from riemann.math.jussieu.fr (riemann.math.jussieu.fr [134.157.13.3])i54BkmLX056118 ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:46:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Ids: 164 Received: from galois2.math.jussieu.fr (galois2.math.jussieu.fr [134.157.13.117])i54BkldP002349 ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:46:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from galois2.math.jussieu.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) i54BkkQd028310 ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:46:46 +0200 Received: (from jas@localhost) by galois2.math.jussieu.fr (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i54BkjCH028309; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:46:45 +0200 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:46:45 +0200 From: Albert Shih To: Dave Raven Message-ID: <20040604114645.GA15198@math.jussieu.fr> References: <40C04522.6010501@raven.za.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <40C04522.6010501@raven.za.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Score: 0 () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.43 X-Miltered: at shiva.jussieu.fr with ID 40C06128.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Antivirus: scanned by sophie at shiva.jussieu.fr cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2.1 SMP problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: shih@math.jussieu.fr List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 11:47:00 -0000 Le 04/06/2004 =E0 11:47:14+0200, Dave Raven a =E9crit > Hi all, > Installed 5.2.1 on a high load server - albeit not recommended - and= =20 > it was working perfectly with SMP support. It picked up 4 cpu's and=20 > appeared to be using them all. (The box is a dual 2.4gig Xeon machine).= =20 > Anyway, the box was as I said under quite a bit of load, and would die=20 > about once a day - just reboot. I looked into it a bit and found=20 > whenever I put more load on (e.g. a make install in ports) it would=20 > panic - vm_load_page or something like that - sorry about being so=20 > vague. Anyway I took out SMP support, and now it boots with 2 cpu's -=20 > one normal Xeon + HT for the second (no idea how to disable that - but I= =20 > don't need to)... its been running perfect for 4 days now and I put it=20 > under SERIOUS load.. has anyone else had SMP problems on 5.2.1? I=20 > couldn't find anything about it at first glimpse... >=20 Have you shure this problem is with FreeBSD ? First check your memory with some software like memtest86 (http://www.memte= st86.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 2004