Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:16:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Nik Azim Azam <nskyline_r35@yahoo.com> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: number of CPUs and IPI panic Message-ID: <20041020221659.33824.qmail@web21124.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041020231203.O79048@ury.york.ac.uk>
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sorry for not posting this information earlier. i'm running on SCHED_4BSD, with PREEMPTION. the same panic occours without PREEMPTION. the kernel is generic except that i've removed some devices that i dont need. --- Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Nik Azim Azam wrote: > > > hello list, > > > > i'm doing some testing on a 6 cpu pentium II > overdrive > > computer with 6-CURRENT. with 6 cpus, the system > will > > panic easily with moderate load (previous IPI is > > stuck). i edited sys/i386/sys/param.h file and > lowered > > the MAXCPU to 4. now the system is running with 4 > cpus > > and it survived a make buildworld + portupgrade at > the > > same time. > > > > is this a known problem? i can give more > information > > if anyone interested. > > Are you using SCHED_ULE? (I believe it's the default > in 6-CURRENT...) > > If so, try with SCHED_4BSD. ULE has known problems > at the moment. > > Gavin > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
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