From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 9:42: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nelly.internal.irrelevant.org (irrelevant.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211E137B405 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:41:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from simond by nelly.internal.irrelevant.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1) id 16pux7-0006pd-00; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:41:45 +0000 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:41:45 +0000 From: Simon Dick To: Per olof Ljungmark Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP with VIA chipset system lockups Message-ID: <20020326174120.GA9746@irrelevant.org> References: <200203261557.g2QFv3U97382@dns2.s.bonet.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200203261557.g2QFv3U97382@dns2.s.bonet.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 05:04:17PM +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. You could try making sure you don't have APM enabled, my VAI Apollo SMP box crashes quickly whenever I try to enable that. -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message