Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:22:05 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, hogan@ninthgate.net Subject: Re: Random panics with 5.3-REL, SMP Message-ID: <200411241022.05611.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20041123182254.GB10721@ninthgate.net> References: <20041123182254.GB10721@ninthgate.net>
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On Tuesday 23 November 2004 01:22 pm, Hogan Whittall wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been running 5.3-REL for a couple of weeks now and have run into > various problems with panics. Initially I had a wireless card that > wasn't supported natively, so I made use of the NDIS wrapper. This > worked "ok" but was buggy and the card/driver would stop talking > on the WLAN randomly, fix was to bounce the interface and it worked > fine for a while longer. At one point downing the interface caused > a panic, so I swapped out the wireless card with one supported > natively. Works like a charm...at least wireless does. > > I'm still getting random panics, however. Doesn't appear to be > related to anything in particular and seems to usually happen > after being up for 1-2 days. I've attempted to get a coredump but > the last panic wedged while dumping to disk. I'm going to be out of > town for a week and won't have access to the box, but if anyone > has experienced something like this before and knows of a fix, please > let me know. Here are the specs of the machine: > > Dell PE6450 server, 4xP3-700 Xeon, 4gb ram, system disks reside on > a 2 disk RAID1 attached to a MegaRAID controller. Wireless is a > D-Link DWL-G520-B, also has Intel Pro/100 ethernet. > > Large storage is fiber-connected Clariion FC5700 via two QLA2200-C > 64-bit PCI cards. > > Also attached via AIC-7899 controller is a DDS3 tape backup. > > Any hints or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I can test > and give the results when I get back from Thanksgiving vacation. Do you have a panic message? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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