From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Mar 27 9:50:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mikea.ath.cx (okc-65-30-192-11.mmcable.com [65.30.192.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3A537B405 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:50:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mikea@localhost) by mikea.ath.cx (8.11.6/8.11.1) id g2RHokW71111 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:50:46 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mikea) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:50:46 -0600 From: mikea To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP with VIA chipset system lockups Message-ID: <20020327115046.A71084@mikea.ath.cx> Mail-Followup-To: mikea , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200203261720.g2QHKoU98819@dns2.s.bonet.se> <20020327184549.12f7d4dc.c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020327184549.12f7d4dc.c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr>; from c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 06:45:49PM +0100 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 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