Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 04:07:28 +0100 From: Emanuel Strobl <emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net> Subject: Re: kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled, 5.3-stable Message-ID: <200503090407.33424@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <422E59C6.9040007@pldrouin.net> References: <422E59C6.9040007@pldrouin.net>
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--nextPart2238850.n23g0QFRSR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Mittwoch, 9. M=E4rz 2005 03:04 schrieb Pierre-Luc Drouin: > I have updated a system from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3 (I did a fresh new > installation from scatch). At the same time we put a new CPUs in there. [...] > What could be the cause? The non-technical answer: FreeBSD 5.4 is in the release cycle with an upcom= ing=20 5.4 iso image. There were enormous efforts in improving FreeBSD 5.x, so if you already bro= ke=20 your system take the chance and get the new 5.4 system which probably fixes= =20 your problem. Next thing is that you won't see any benefit when enabling hyperthreading.= =20 It's strongly depending on the system's kind of load but almost everytime=20 you'll see performance degradation. > The system was very stable with FreeBSD 4.10 and only 2 CPUs (1 real and > 1 virtual). When I've seen page faults in the past, it was caused by the > RAM or the motherboard. Is it almost always the case? Does the fact to Maybe, but first you have to provide more information and make sure it=20 frequently crashes at different points. Keep patience till anyone of the experts answers, in the meantime you can h= ave=20 a look at=20 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kernel= debug.html for providing more information. =2DMano > add 2 new CPUs is more likely to reveal a RAM problem that was not known > before? > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --nextPart2238850.n23g0QFRSR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCLmh1Bylq0S4AzzwRAgtzAKCHNeSTMwXoXoJcasUkUjHm5JVsPACdGJFL sWvUDib28H95YvpVgpwAd44= =VZ6l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2238850.n23g0QFRSR--
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