From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 1 08:08:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0B116A41C for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:08:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alan@cyclopsvision.co.uk) Received: from dswu232.btconnect.com (dswu232.btconnect.com [193.113.154.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26F3F43D1D for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:08:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alan@cyclopsvision.co.uk) Received: from C2bthomr05.btconnect.com (actually host 220.73.73.194.in-addr.arpa) by dswu232.btconnect.com with SMTP (XT-PP) with ESMTP; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:08:49 +0100 Received: from AJDELL9200 (ALille-153-1-9-108.w83-198.abo.wanadoo.fr [83.198.66.108]) by C2bthomr05.btconnect.com (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id ARU05676; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:07:43 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <200506010807.ARU05676@C2bthomr05.btconnect.com> From: "Alan Jay" To: Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:08:41 +0100 Organization: Cyclops Vision Limited MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcVmTGze5CdgMgPaTVKBKPmy1Swd/wALXTPQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: <20050601011714.1FAD116A44D@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: alan@cyclopsvision.co.uk List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:08:56 -0000 Hi, I have a Tyan based 1U computer with twin Xeon and 6Gb RAM which we recently installed 5.4 Release on. When we recompiled the kernel with the SMP and PAE options it would randomly reboot but so far (touch wood) using it with just 4Gb or RAM and removing the PAE kernel (just leaving the SMP one) it seems to be stable. We have yet to successfully get a PAE kernel to run consistently. While running the ACPI/HTT and SMP seem to work ok have you tried this? ALan > -----Original Message----- > Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 11:58:53 +0100 > From: "Danny Cooper" > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL > PE2850. > > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) > avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) > MPTable: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 > amr0: Firmware 516A, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM > > I have disabled ACPI HTT and enabled PAE to make the whole system memory > available. > > However the problem I have is the system can crash at any moment, and is not > load related. As the crash info below is when the machine was in an 100% > idle state. > > I have tried to install other versions of FreeBSD. > > 4.11 Release (Doesn't see all available memory even with a kernel patch) > 5.4 Release (Crashes at random times, but mainly under load, running squid) > > > Does anyone have similar problems or have found a work around? > > > Danny C