Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:58:11 +0200 From: Marc Olzheim <marcolz@stack.nl> To: Don Bowman <don@SANDVINE.com> Cc: Marc Olzheim <marcolz@stack.nl>, carlos@infodrive.com.ar, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, Aaron Summers <aaronsummers@gmail.com> Subject: Re: SuperMicro X5DP8-G2MB/(2)XEON 2.4/1GB RAM 5.4-S Freeze Message-ID: <20050721125811.GF61946@stack.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050419083808.GB95574@stack.nl> References: <2BCEB9A37A4D354AA276774EE13FB8C23A6B41@mailserver.sandvine.com> <20050412150143.GC1570@stack.nl> <20050419083808.GB95574@stack.nl>
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--A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 10:38:08AM +0200, Marc Olzheim wrote: > > > The problem is with the periodic SMM interrupt and the bios. > > >=20 > > > The attached program (ich-periodic-smm-disable.c) will fix the proble= m. > > > For more information on what it does, see the Intel ICH3 datasheet. > > >=20 > > > compile as 'gcc ich-periodic-smm-disable.c; ./a.out' and you will be > > > good. > > > Run this on each boot. > > >=20 > > > I think you only need to clear PERIODIC_EN. > >=20 > > Ok, I'll try it right away, thanks a lot! >=20 > This clearly solves it. The machines are now up for longer than a week > for the first time since I booted FreeBSD 5.x on them. Does anyone know whether this workaround is still necessary for newer 5.x's and/or 6.x and current ? Marc --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC35vjezjnobFOgrERArU/AKDHHu5aE9J2Si7vqGYfLfcERmqslgCfaSAp o21EfWA1xrck8g3NcCpgc0g= =D6D+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv--
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