From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 13:35:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ACDD106566C; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:35:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f44.google.com (mail-pz0-f44.google.com [209.85.210.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B10D8FC13; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:35:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk4 with SMTP id 4so37858235pzk.3 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:35:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Ht8W2mo/4q+7OMOn33fV9wI/nDrr23PZIHrhfNzvpgA=; b=p5Y7iu0WrQOcyyzAcLMvYJxeyUBjQZlLy5N9RpVzoFzeuFqEffWIUNnyeorp1LRDFW RoceriCjh4aqDRdegsqfoK0J86yxuhSoXl6USdlY1rYprUsz93vqIMCGNwVSi7XHX3mE 6YoZtPwWdm+W/Ez1mvTjyQusUyrgXhK+7Lqqw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.15.170 with SMTP id y10mr2728451pbc.76.1320068158636; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Sender: chmeeedalf@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.212.3 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:35:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20111030230008.68c63841@narn.knownspace> References: <4EAA052D.5010106@freebsd.org> <20111030230008.68c63841@narn.knownspace> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:35:58 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: nOe4LIUz0ttRH0-odvwqx6HUBq0 Message-ID: From: Justin Hibbits To: Nathan Whitehorn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: 9.0-RC1 crash on G5 (late 2005) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:35:59 -0000 On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:28:13 -0500 > Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > > On 10/27/11 20:26, Justin Hibbits wrote: > > > I don't know the conditions of the crash, but sometime after > > > booting, can happen right away, or later, my G5 just stops. No > > > kernel panic, no messages, it just stops. The red light in the > > > case comes on, and it just sits there. > > > > > > Hardware: Late 2005 model G5, Dual-core 2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. > > > > > > Anything else I can provide, just ask. Can't provide a coredump, > > > dmesg, or anything else like that, though (machine just dies). > > > > > > > Is this a 32 or a 64-bit kernel? I have the same model, with a 64-bit > > kernel, as my primary desktop, and have never seen anything like this. > > -Nathan > > To add yet another data point, I tried booting a snapshot from last > year (2010-11-17), and that also had the same problem, but only when > booted into a full production mode. When booted from CD, it worked > just fine. Should I even bother trying a ppc32 install? I know I'd > lose out on 2GB of the RAM. > > - Justin For a test, I installed Linux (debian testing, kernel 3.0.0), and it BUG'd with an error "soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 23s!". This may be similar to what's going on with FreeBSD. Is there a way to disable SMP at bootup, so that it doesn't use the second core (man pages aren't helping)? - Justin