Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:42:29 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 and HT with SMP Message-ID: <20041228144229.GB50323@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20041227184603.00bfee78@cheyenne.wixb.com> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041227184603.00bfee78@cheyenne.wixb.com>
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On 12/27/04 06:49 PM, J.D. Bronson sat at the `puter and typed: > How stable and successful is HT support via SMP? > (I presume it is supported) > > I have a P4-3.06 with HT support.... > > I had a 5.3 machine with an HT/SMP kernel (no other customizations) > and the server would randomly reboot. Could be a few hours > or could be a week. > > I setup a new machine (same exact model and hardware) and installed 5.3 > again on this machine and the same thing happened. > > So thinking it was the network, I disconnected the ethernet and still it > reboots within some time. I then ran a debug kernel and it ran for weeks > with no crash. > > When it did crash, there was no logs and no errors. The servers are on a > huge stable UPS. Solaris runs on these machines for months. > > Anyone see this? anyone have any ideas? I had all kinds of problems with 5.2.1 - disk controller related. I'm running 5.3 RELEASE now on a P4-3.0 with HT support, and it's fine. I assume there are no log entries in /var/logs/messages? And, are you running a generic or custom kernel? > -- > J.D. Bronson > Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA > Office: 414.978.8282 // Email: jd@aurora.org // Pager: 414.314.8282 > > This message should contain confidential and/or privileged information, > but it doesn't. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive > this for the addressee, go ahead, copy, disclose, or take any action > based on this message or any information herein that you wish, what the heck! > If you have received this message in error, please ask the sender what the > heck they were thinking about. I love this :) This is the perfect answer to those "my babbling is important, so guard it with your life" sigs. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ God is a comic playing to an audience that's afraid to laugh.
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