Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:21:16 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: bright@wintelcom.net, rjesup@wgate.com, arch@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: await/asleep removal imminent Message-ID: <XFMail.010117112116.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200101171909.UAA19215@freebsd.dk>
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On 17-Jan-01 Soren Schmidt wrote: > It seems John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On 17-Jan-01 Soren Schmidt wrote: >> > Nothing special, GENERIC kernel with SMP defined will do nicely, running >> > without SMP improves matters but on the fastet machine I'm still getting >> > lockups, but they are rare... >> >> AHA! Useful info!! GENERIC is quite close to bloated, so the fact that it >> is >> GENERIC + SMP maybe an edge case. I'll try and test this out now that you >> have >> actually provided some useful info. :-P If you want a stable box, try >> trimming the kernel config down to what you need. > > You read too much into that, I dont normally run a GENERIC kernel, > I run one stripped down to what I need, I gave you guys a generic > example of what fails, and what can easily be reproduced. > > Anyhow, I have asked before to have you guys supply me with > a kernel that has been compiled "the right way" and I'll test > it out here just to make sure I dont do anything stupid.. > > Just a bare bones kernel, fxp & ata drivers will do nicely for the > serverworks thingy, give me an URL I can get it from or put it > on ftp.freebsd.dk/incoming and give my a ping when its there... Ok, will do. I'll even compile it on an SMP box. :-P I'm also adding in several debugging options that hopefully will casue it to have an informative panic rather than a hang or reboot. > -Søren -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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