From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Oct 5 8:35: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0693B15024 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 08:35:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id HAA22478; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 07:26:21 -0700 Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda22475; Tue Oct 5 07:26:00 1999 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id HAA17380; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 07:25:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199910051425.HAA17380@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdq17364; Tue Oct 5 07:24:38 1999 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: David Gilbert Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More on the crashes already mentioned. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 05 Oct 1999 09:30:15 EDT." <14329.64871.579761.476450@trooper.velocet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 07:24:38 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <14329.64871.579761.476450@trooper.velocet.net>, David Gilbert write s: > Well... the same machine had an 80 day uptime before the upgrade > (running 3.0-RELEASE). We have also tried alternate motherboards. > Now... all this hardware is K6-2/400's --- it appears that substantial > amounts of new code playing with processor bits has been introduced > between 3.2 and 3.3 You may wish to try a different processor, not another K6. Your configuration may be exercising some undocumented or unknown deviation from the Pentium family. If you know what "playing with processor bits" code have been introduced, you may want to try to remove them and build a new kernel or cvsup to the date prior to when the "bits" were added to 3.2-STABLE. This should give everyone a better understanding of which "bits" might be the cause. Sorry I cannot help more, as all six FreeBSD systems I or my team manage have various incarnations of Pentium and run an entirely different workload than you. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Province of BC "e**(i*pi)+1=0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message