From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 4 15:51:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F71716A41F for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 15:51:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9523D43D49 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 15:51:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jA4FpE18020375; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:51:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jA4FpEC4077005; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:51:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id jA4FpEWm077004; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:51:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:51:14 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Bill Harris Message-ID: <20051104155113.GA76898@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3649559e2c4519666b973576dd67cc9c@rcisd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3649559e2c4519666b973576dd67cc9c@rcisd.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AS4100/533 Machine checks still on 5.4-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:51:26 -0000 On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:56:01AM -0600, Bill Harris wrote.. > I replaced one, then the other CPU in this machine over the last 3 > months. It works great for a few weeks, then dumps again. Now, it's > every couple of days. > > I've cvsupped the kernel source from the release tree to make sure > I had the latest patches just in case. I'm at a loss to what's causing > this. I've got a similarly equipped AS4100 at home, that's running > fine with the same code. This is a web and border mail server, but > it's not very heavily loaded. I'm guessing that the perl script is my > MRTG > scripts that run every 5 mins or so. > > It crashed again last night.. > > > unexpected machine check: > > mces = 0x1 > vector = 0x670 > param = 0xfffffc0000004838 > pc = 0x1601fdd10 > ra = 0x1601fda8c > curproc = 0xfffffc00301cf490 > pid = 29125, comm = perl5.8.6 > > panic: machine check > cpuid = 0 > Uptime: 10h40m39s > Cannot dump. No dump device defined. > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > Rebooting... > > Since I've replaced both processors, what should I do next? A machinecheck 670 is a CPU detected error. The manuals say that typically the CPU that detected the error is broken ;-) But FreeBSD does not contain the smarts of Tru64 or VMS that allows further diagnosis than this. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org