From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 14:42:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA26716A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:42:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out006.verizon.net (out006pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 598DF43D41 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:42:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from keyslapper.org ([68.163.252.53]) by out006.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041228144231.THAK7873.out006.verizon.net@keyslapper.org> for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:42:31 -0600 Received: by keyslapper.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A0D0F1190D; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:42:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:42:29 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041228144229.GB50323@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041227184603.00bfee78@cheyenne.wixb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20041227184603.00bfee78@cheyenne.wixb.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out006.verizon.net from [68.163.252.53] at Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:42:31 -0600 Subject: Re: 5.3 and HT with SMP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:42:32 -0000 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.