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Date:      Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:04:43 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
To:        kmitch@weenix.guru.org (Keith Mitchell)
Cc:        smp@csn.net, smp@FreeBSD.ORG, kmitch@guru.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: major timer/APIC code changes.
Message-ID:  <199707221404.JAA00447@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <199707221158.HAA03374@weenix.guru.org> from Keith Mitchell at "Jul 22, 97 07:58:15 am"

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> > Please send me reports for ANY new kernel builds, working or not.  I need
> > to know ASAP whether I've broken anything.  This is one of those changes
> > that may behave differently on various hardware.
> 
> I keep getting system freezes with this (or some other) new code.  My -current
> from about two weeks ago works fine, but under the this and the later stuff
> my kernel seems to just freeze.  At first, I thought it might be the the new
> VM changes, but the fix didn't seem to do anything.  I am using an ASUS P65UP5
> with Dual P5s.  The freezes appear pretty random too.  Sometimes as soon
> as I log on; sometimes after its been up a while.  It still could be the new
> VM code (I guess), but I thought I would check to see if it could be 
> SMP first.
> 
It could still be the VM code, but it would be good to understand how your
system is failing.  For example, when your system "freezes" are you running
X windows?  Can you still ping or telnet into it?

John



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