From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Mar 27 12: 3:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from us.net (newmail2.one.net [216.23.22.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0BB8C37B41D for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:02:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 11289 invoked by uid 0); 27 Mar 2002 20:02:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO shell.one.net) (206.112.192.106) by newmail2.one.net with SMTP; 27 Mar 2002 20:02:13 -0000 Received: (from cokane@localhost) by shell.one.net (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2RK2C407633; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:02:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:02:12 -0500 From: Coleman Kane To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Christophe_Pr=E9votaux?= Cc: mikea , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP with VIA chipset system lockups Message-ID: <20020327150212.A7514@shell.one.net> References: <200203261720.g2QHKoU98819@dns2.s.bonet.se> <20020327184549.12f7d4dc.c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr> <20020327115046.A71084@mikea.ath.cx> <20020327193008.7727280b.c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20020327193008.7727280b.c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr>; from c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 07:30:08PM +0100 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.12 i686 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG To let you know: 2:49PM up 105 days, 5:29, 1 user, load averages: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 Uptime on a Tyan Tiger 230, dual VIA/PIII GTL+ system with dual onboard i82559's. I had some lockup trouble at one point, but that was because a power cable had fallen into a CPU fan. this is 4.2-R, btw. -- coleman Thus spoke Christophe Prévotaux , and it was proclaimed: > Yes I tried telnet it is not working > plus all telnet session previously opened > are frozen > > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:50:46 -0600 > mikea wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 06:45:49PM +0100, Christophe Prévotaux wrote: > > > I have a similar problem with a ASUS CUV4X-DLS > > > Dual CPU motherboard it is using VIA CHIPSET > > > as well and I have lockups , the system > > > freezes but I am still able to ping the machine > > > this is very strange , however nothing else works > > > > > > I have no problems running these machine in single > > > CPU mode but when I run SMP it does have freezing > > > problems > > > > > > On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:28:04 +0100 > > > Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > > > > > > > I have been running a dual processor machine for about three months. It is > > > > based on a Microstar 694 motherboard with VIA chipsets (see attached). > > > > > > > > I started with 4.4-stable and went through 4.5RC to 4.5 stable. Since a > > > > couple of weeks or so (don't know exactly) I'm having regular lockups with > > > > SMP kernels. and because the system freezes completely I see no traces as to > > > > what is going on. The only way to recover is to pull the plug. > > > > > > > > I would be most grateful for information on a) how to try to find out what is > > > > happening and b) if anybody else have similar problems. > > > > > > > > Same machine with GENERIC kernel do not exhibit any problems. > > > > > > > > > GENERIC is not using SMP > > > > Responding to ping means that _something_ is alive, deep down > > inside the IP stack. Have you tried to telnet in? > > > > I just ordered a TYAN Tiger 2505 last night; I'll put it in over > > the weekend and see what happens with it. IIRC, it also uses the > > VIA chipset. I tend to run one copy of Setiathome per processor, > > and so the processors are never really idle. > > > > -- > > Mike Andrews > > mikea@mikea.ath.cx > > Tired old sysadmin since 1964 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > -- > =============================================================== > Christophe Prevotaux Email: c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr > HEXANET SARL URL: http://www.hexanet.fr/ > Z.A.C Les Charmilles Tel: +33 (0)3 26 79 30 05 > 3 Allée Thierry Sabine Direct: +33 (0)3 26 79 08 02 > BP202 Fax: +33 (0)3 26 79 30 06 > 51686 Reims Cedex 2 > FRANCE HEXANET Network Operation Center > =============================================================== > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message