Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:38:08 +0200 From: Marc Olzheim <marcolz@stack.nl> To: Don Bowman <don@SANDVINE.com> Cc: Aaron Summers <aaronsummers@gmail.com> Subject: Re: SuperMicro X5DP8-G2MB/(2)XEON 2.4/1GB RAM 5.4-S Freeze Message-ID: <20050419083808.GB95574@stack.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050412150143.GC1570@stack.nl> References: <2BCEB9A37A4D354AA276774EE13FB8C23A6B41@mailserver.sandvine.com> <20050412150143.GC1570@stack.nl>
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--MW5yreqqjyrRcusr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 05:01:43PM +0200, Marc Olzheim wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 10:40:10AM -0400, Don Bowman wrote: > > The problem is with the periodic SMM interrupt and the bios. > >=20 > > The attached program (ich-periodic-smm-disable.c) will fix the problem. > > For more information on what it does, see the Intel ICH3 datasheet. > >=20 > > compile as 'gcc ich-periodic-smm-disable.c; ./a.out' and you will be > > good. > > Run this on each boot. > >=20 > > I think you only need to clear PERIODIC_EN. >=20 > Ok, I'll try it right away, thanks a lot! This clearly solves it. The machines are now up for longer than a week for the first time since I booted FreeBSD 5.x on them. Thanks again! Marc --MW5yreqqjyrRcusr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCZMNwezjnobFOgrERAoPaAJ4zYE7OgMrW1RxEPo7am/60mOukyQCggnMx DkSoGOBLocwkBgQISZh2Tek= =QYBr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MW5yreqqjyrRcusr--
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