Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:33:30 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Emil Mikulic <emikulic@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 8.0RC2 amd64 - kernel panic running make buildworld Message-ID: <200911121133.30784.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20091111231753.GA52833@dmr.ath.cx> References: <20091106101943.5a763f43@ernst.jennejohn.org> <hdc73v$4rt$1@ger.gmane.org> <20091111231753.GA52833@dmr.ath.cx>
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On Wednesday 11 November 2009 6:17:53 pm Emil Mikulic wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 09:15:42AM -0800, Mark Atkinson wrote: > > Also, you can try adding: > > > > hw.mca.enabled="1" in /boot/loader.conf > > This is a little off-topic, but: > Why is this disabled by default in FreeBSD? Because it is still a new feature and on some machines it causes panics/freezes out of the box. I'd be happier turning it on once it has been tested more and once we've figured out the reasons for the various freezes, etc. that seem to be related to enabling it. -- John Baldwin
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