Patrick Hartling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
} John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
}
} }
} } On 25-Oct-00 Chuck Robey wrote:
} } > I'm having rather extreme problems with stability on my dual PIII
} } > setup. I know this is to be expected, but it's gotten so extreme on my
} } > system, I can't spend more than a few minutes before it locks up.
} } >
} } > Is there any chance that I could make things better by using a sysctl to
} } > tell the box it's now a single-cpu system? I can't read man pages at the
} } > moment (I'm composing this on my Sparc Ultra-5) so if this might work, an
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} } > someone knows the exact command to use, I'd appreciate a bit of help.
} }
} } You can use kernel.old to compile a UP kernel. I always keep a UP kernel
} } around just in case. Also, when did your SMP box become unstable? There
} } was a known problem with SMP boxes when the vm page zero'ing during the idl
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} } loop was first turned on that has since been fixed with the latest commit t
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} } vm_machdep.c yesterday. Symptoms were frequent kernel panic 12's with
} } interrupts disabled .
}
} I am having the same lockup problems as Chuck with SMP kernels built since
} October 21. The system completely locks up after a short period of time.
} If I'm running X, it does it within 10-15 minutes, but if I don't run X
} and just leave it at the console, it can go for a few hours. It does
} eventually lock up, though. I haven't tried building a UP kernel, but I
} will try the latest vm_machdep.c changes. If that doesn't work, I'll go
} the UP route since I'm tired of being unable to list my processes. :\
To follow up on this, I rebuilt everything using sources from
approximately 11:00 am CDT yesterday (10/26), and everything is great
again. Hooray!
-Patrick
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