Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:56:32 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Chris <eagletree@hughes.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.x hangs on AMD64 again Message-ID: <20061111195632.GA8718@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <608516EC-BBD0-40E7-A773-2E8056981FAA@hughes.net> References: <83083882-E193-445F-AF3D-E3ECD1E243B1@hughes.net> <20061111063049.GA81772@xor.obsecurity.org> <608516EC-BBD0-40E7-A773-2E8056981FAA@hughes.net>
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--mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 11:15:54AM -0800, Chris wrote: > > > >If your system is hanging then you need to configure additional > >debugging to figure out the cause. Read the chapter on kernel > >debugging the developers handbook; without this information no > >developer can help you. > > > >Kris > > > >P.S. In my testing SMP amd64 is quite stable even under exceptionally > >heavy loads, so it's either something related to your hardware or your > >particular workload. >=20 > Hadn't considered that a user level debugging solution. I'll give it =20 > a try. >=20 > We had considered it possibly related to our mix because the SuperMicro > dual xeon we are trying to replace it with was rebooting (not hanging) > without any error messages every 15-20 days. I thought it was failing > hardware. It's on 6.1 R P10. Maybe related in some way. That is indeed almost always failing hardware. Kris --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFVirwWry0BWjoQKURAn6TAKDqEY7JdYGoLJftOcymBwwAI0e4ZQCgueEM Q1Aj2MBBWCCOp/uH7ET3j88= =v3oU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--
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