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.. > >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. > >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 ? > > > Have you tried if you get the same problem on less memory with both CPU's? Pete > > > >>Supermicro told me that they have stopped verifying their new boards >> >> >with FreeBSD because "most users have moved to Fedora Core or Mandrake", >which I find somewhat hard to believe. > > >>If you buy their systems or boards, it would be a good idea to let them >> >> >know of the OS choice. > > >>Pete >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-smp@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-smp >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-smp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-smp@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-smp >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-smp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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