Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:02:31 +0100 From: Christian R. <cr@it.dk> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory handling problem with FreeBSD 5.3? Message-ID: <8tg7t09g1f04igli4cplkob6ens98ckou0@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <41D368A4.1030408@freebsd.org> References: <2rg6t0ll6th99497btiu13foetanfrn0gr@4ax.com> <41D368A4.1030408@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:32:04 -0700, you wrote: >Christian R. wrote: >> I have installed FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE i386 on a new Dell PowerEdge 2850, >> but it crashes under load like "make buildworld" with a "panic: page >> fault". >>=20 >> The server has following configuration: 2x Intel Xeon 3.4 GHz (800 MHz >> FSB), 6x 1 GB DDR2 ECC RAM and Perc 4e/Di (LSI Logic/amr driver). >>=20 >> After some days working on the problem, I think there is some problem >> with handling the memory. The only way I have got the server to become >> stable was by switching a special option in the Dell BIOS, which >> limits the system memory to 256 MB. >>=20 >> I have tried to limit the memory to 4 GB by activating a spare memory >> bank, but the server still crashes. Disabling HTT in BIOS and ACPI in >> the loader also didn't solved the problem. >>=20 >> The kernel is compiled with SMP of course and PAE because of >4 GB >> memory. I have removed all the unnecessary devices. >>=20 >> Dells own diagnostic tool couldn't find any hardware errors. The >> special memory test also passed all tests. I have also tried with >> memtest (http://www.memtest.org/) which either could find any memory >> errors. >>=20 >> Has anyone an idea to a solution? Has anyone succeeded running FreeBSD >> 5.3 on similar hardware? >>=20 >> Would it maybe be better to run the AMD64 version of FreeBSD 5.3? I >> think the i386 version should be more stable? >>=20 > >Upgrade to 5-STABLE. I fixed these problems a few weeks ago. I already have done that. I'm using RELENG_5 "5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Tue Dec 28 17:56:04 CET 2004" Setting hw.physmem=3D3G at boot time has also made the system stable, but I want to use all of the memory.
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