From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 20 06:32:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C373C16A4B3 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 06:32:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postman.ripe.net (postman.ripe.net [193.0.0.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DED443F3F for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 06:32:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ms@dell-laptop.6bone.nl) Received: by postman.ripe.net (Postfix, from userid 8) id B33AD51D0D; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:32:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from birch.ripe.net (birch.ripe.net [193.0.1.96]) by postman.ripe.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B66C51D0B; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:32:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dell-laptop.6bone.nl (cow.ripe.net [193.0.1.239]) by birch.ripe.net (8.12.10/8.11.6) with SMTP id h9KDWHVZ018005; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:32:17 +0200 Received: (nullmailer pid 4889 invoked by uid 1001); Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:32:16 -0000 Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:32:16 +0200 From: Mark Santcroos To: Harti Brandt Message-ID: <20031020133216.GN704@laptop.6bone.nl> References: <20031020081944.GA40541@kevad.internal> <20031020102613.P47918@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> <20031020132055.GA4653@laptop.6bone.nl> <20031020152755.I47918@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031020152755.I47918@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Handles: MS6-6BONE, MS18417-RIPE X-RIPE-Spam-Level: X-RIPE-Spam-Status: N 0.410700 X-RIPE-Signature: be2255e87f6c9390057bb984ab132f0d cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Random signals in {build,install}world recently? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:32:20 -0000 On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:29:04PM +0200, Harti Brandt wrote: > MS>> I have the same MB just with 1800+ processors. I had to reduce the CPU > MS>> frequency by about 10% in the BIOS setup to get the machine stable. I > MS>> assume the problem is actually the memory. > MS> > MS>Couldn't the following be of help here? > MS> > MS>options DISABLE_PSE > MS>options DISABLE_PG_G > > Is the processor bug that these options seem to circumvent dependend on > the actual operating frequency of the processor? That won't surprise me, as afaik it's a timing thing. Note that due to all vagueness around this issue I could be wrong, but it's worth a try I guess. Mark