From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 21 10:26:57 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 21 10:26:54 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.sentex.ca (smtp1.sentex.ca [199.212.134.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8229837B402; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:26:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from simoeon.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [209.112.4.47]) by smtp1.sentex.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBLIQiw47998; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:26:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <5.0.1.4.0.20001221131851.00a97c40@marble.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtpop@marble.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.1 Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:20:08 -0500 To: Kris Kennaway , freebsd-user@netscum.dk From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: RELENG_3 buildworld problems Cc: Neil Long , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20001221074550.A27660@citusc.usc.edu> References: <200012210615.eBL6FJw62370@crotchety.newsbastards.org> <200012210615.eBL6FJw62370@crotchety.newsbastards.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 07:45 AM 12/21/00 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 07:15:19AM +0100, Reddy Crashalott wrote: > > > :: Anyone else seeing such weirdness? > > > > I've seen it with flaky memory. Try swapping bits of it out, or > > doing a memory test, until you isolate the defective part(s) > >I have a dodgy IDE controller which also likes to flip bits. Interesting you mention that. With a 3ware 6400 RAID card, setting the strip size to 128K causes all sorts of memory errors using DOS and UNIX memtest programs. Putting it back to the default 64K makes the problem go away. ---Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message