From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 23 03:19:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C5A16A4CE for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 03:19:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web60008.mail.yahoo.com (web60008.mail.yahoo.com [216.109.116.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6456C43D58 for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 03:19:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from phred1975@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 38884 invoked by uid 60001); 23 Apr 2005 03:19:17 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=tOTfwLiO5hh91S2Sy0oVudJL0Y6m99uuBMN3KHD3vCiy90K81nf1A8CEUcZ3fhTB9xqUeRpDbJMNYOgwdhii3BY73pmgRKv87kYmz9h07951BbjR+RGlwWAhKrYTZDGwovTSSNuxCzAB9jirOICQwTUZfEqJl0WB5GjqZRCU1Jk= ; Message-ID: <20050423031916.38882.qmail@web60008.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.212.162.248] by web60008.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 20:19:16 PDT Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 20:19:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Shafron To: Steve Kargl In-Reply-To: 6667 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3, amd64, k8s pro locked up just now X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 03:19:17 -0000 --- Steve Kargl wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 07:48:54PM -0700, Tom > Shafron wrote: > > --- Steve Kargl > > wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 07:35:47PM -0700, Tom > > > Shafron wrote: > > > > My 5.3 amd64 just locked up. Seems to be a > similar > > > > problem to what Vivek has been describing. > The config > > > > is: > > > > > > > > Tyan k8s pro (SATA version) > > > > 5.3 Release > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > This could be your problem (although Scott Long > > > fixes were for systems with >4 GB memory). > > > > > > Since the system is lock-up at the moment, you > > > may want to take this oportunity to upgrade to > > > 5.4 RC2 or newer. > > > > > > > I'm kind of nervous about using 5.4 since it's not > > considered a "Release" version yet and I'm > planning on > > using this for a production machine... that is > > assuming I can get it working properly ;) > > As Kris said, 5.4 RC2 can't be any worse than a > 5.3 that locks your system up. All kidding aside, > there were stability problems in 5.3 on amd64, and > some of those problems have been fixed in 5.4 > > -- > Steve > Yup, I also have 5.3 running on a very similar i386 machine that is way more active (it's the main dev machine) and it hasn't had a single problem. Seems that the issue is something specific to the amd64 release... You're right, I'll give 5.4 a try. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com