From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 1 13:58:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA23535 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 13:58:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from inet.chipweb.ml.org (c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA23493 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 13:58:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Message-Id: <199809012058.NAA23493@hub.freebsd.org> Received: (qmail 2827 invoked from network); 1 Sep 1998 20:57:05 -0000 Received: from speedy.chipweb.ml.org (172.16.1.1) by inet.chipweb.ml.org with SMTP; 1 Sep 1998 20:57:05 -0000 X-Sender: ludwigp2@mail-r X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.2 Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 13:53:53 -0700 To: "Steve Friedrich" From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: system crash when using 'make' Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" In-Reply-To: <199809011941.PAA10127@laker.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 03:41 PM 9/1/98 -0500, Steve Friedrich wrote: >I have problems on a new AMD-K6 233 (ASUS TX-97) when I make >buildworld. But never any other time. In an attempt to isolate the >problem, I turned off the CPUs internal and external caches. That >allowed the buildworld to complete, though it took nearly 48hrs, >instead of less than 24. But after make installworld, I turned the >caches back on and I am not having any problems. It will be awhile >before I can scrounge up the cash to buy new memory, to finish the job. This sounds like that cache bug that existed in the earlier K6 CPUs. The bug showed up when doing processor intensive stuff, like compiling under Linux, playing Wing Commander: Prophecy (the game would lock up during missions). Turning off the CPU's internal cache fixes the problem. (i can't find more information on it right now. i couldn't find it on AMD's web site) If it doesn't turn out to be the memory, maybe you should try a newer K6 chip. --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message