Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 21:09:35 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Michael R. Gile" <gilem@wsg.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2 and SMI conflicts (was: signal 10 errors) Message-ID: <199807030409.VAA03744@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Jul 1998 21:20:10 EDT." <199807030127.SAA14079@hub.freebsd.org>
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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? Only that it looks like the SMI handler is doing something wierd or otherwise broken that upsets the system. If you can pursue BIOS upgrades, or possibly talk to the manufacturer about it, you might get some results. (Maybe tell them that NT falls over with it on... 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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