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Date:      Mon, 07 Mar 2005 07:24:56 +0200
From:      Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To:        "H. S." <security@revolutionsp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: supermicro
Message-ID:  <422BE5A8.5020105@he.iki.fi>
In-Reply-To: <58037.81.84.174.5.1110124256.squirrel@mail.revolutionsp.com>
References:  <58037.81.84.174.5.1110124256.squirrel@mail.revolutionsp.com>

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H. S. wrote:

>Speaking of supermicro, I have a dual xeon 2.8 server stopped right now,
>because it keeps segfaulting. I'm using FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE, but this has
>always happened since 5.2.1-RELEASE. This server is stopped for some 8
>months now..
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>It will run fine with one CPU (ie can buildworld for days); I've tested
>the 4GB RAM with various memory tester programs and it has always come up
>fine. When I add the 2nd processor, buildworld will start to randomly
>segfault, and the server will eventually lock up completely.
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>I've also tried single-proc but alternating between the two, to rule out a
>screwed up processor. Also tried resetting BIOS to defaults, and HTT is
>turned off.
>
>Is this a problem with FreeBSD itself? Anyone has similar problems ?
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Have you tried if you get the same problem on less memory with both CPU's?

Pete

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>>Supermicro told me that they have stopped verifying their new boards
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>with FreeBSD because "most users have moved to Fedora Core or Mandrake",
>which I find somewhat hard to believe.
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>>If you buy their systems or boards, it would be a good idea to let them
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>know of the OS choice.
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>>Pete
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