Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:04:21 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de> To: Thomas Pornin <pornin@bolet.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Source of "processor correctable error"? Message-ID: <20020402110420.GI41357@cicely8.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20020402112528.A6188@gnah.bolet.org> References: <a89rrl$2vek$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <3CA8EADE.C11C8DF7@mindspring.com> <20020402002303.GH41357@cicely8.cicely.de> <20020402112528.A6188@gnah.bolet.org>
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On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:25:28AM +0200, Thomas Pornin wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 02:23:04AM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > > Right - it also hasn't to be main memory as D, I and B caches > > and some data paths are ECC protected too. > > For what it's worth: one of the Multia box I once owned died with such > "correctable errors". Those would appear upon booting an OS, but SRM was > juste fine. There was an error code displayed with the error message; > after some in-depth searching through technical documentations and > mailing-lists, it turned out to be an error inside the TLB, which is > pretty bad since it is inside the CPU. Since the messages would appear > at a very high rate, booting would take forever (especially since I had > to use a serial console). A Multia is very different from a PC164. CPU overheating and breaking is not uncommon for LCA based systems like Multias. Btw.: At least some if not all Multias have powermanagement features. If anyone is willing to test a -current patch I will implement it. You need a Multia or NoName with an 21066A CPU. Be aware that NoNames are usualy shiped (e.g. mine) with plain 21066 CPUs which don't have these features. -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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