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Date:      Thu, 02 Jul 1998 21:20:10 -0400
From:      "Michael R. Gile" <gilem@wsg.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   2.2 and SMI conflicts (was: signal 10 errors)
Message-ID:  <199807030127.SAA14079@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <199806301611.MAA05306@brain.zeus.leitch.com>
References:  <Tom's messageof "Mon, June 29, 1998 22:33:08 -0700"regarding "Re: determining ecc errors on freebsd-stable"id <Pine.BSF.3.96.980629223112.1069B-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> <19980629184220.15472@supersex.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980629223112.1069B-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>

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>This is a new install of freebsd-stable, and it causes these errors
>during long builds, namely kernels and big apps.  I have tested the
>system with all the diags i could find, including Norton and AMI, 
>which turned up nothing.  The strange thing is that this system almost
>always exhibits this problem when building a freebsd kernel, but the
>stock installation of RedHat 5.1 works fine, built at least 10 kernels
>in a row with no errors like this.  

well, after searching high and low for hardware failures, i found a section 
in the BIOS for this machine for SMI.  This was set to enabled, and had the
following individual settings

	- automatic system reboot
	- over temperature alarm
	- ecc scrubbing

turning off any of these individually did not get rid of the signal 10 problem.

However, disabling the SMI totally makes 2.2-stable run rocksolid.  it is now 
performed almost 400 kernel compiles with not so much as a hiccup.  Any comments
on this apparent incompatibility?

Thanks.
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Michael Gile                             gilem@wsg.net
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