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Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 15:30:56 +0200 (EET)
From: "Matilainen Panu (NRC/Helsinki)" <panu.matilainen@nokia.com>
To: ext Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.x very unstable on 8-way IBM 8500R
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, ext Andrew Morton wrote:
> "Matilainen Panu (NRC/Helsinki)" wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, ext Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >
> > > Is it stable with `nmi_watchdog=0'?
> >
> > If the default value for nmi_watchdog is 0 then no - I added the
> > nmi_watchdog=1 just to see if that makes any difference. If it's on by
> > default then I'll need to test it that way.
>
> Default for nmi_watchdog is `enabled'.
>
> Several people have reported that turning it off with
> the `nmi_watchdog=0' LILO option makes systems stable.
> Nobody knows why.
>
> (If nmi_watchdog _does_ make the achine stable, please
>  tell linux-kernel.).

It's too early to say for sure but that seems to have fixed it. Uptime now
nearly an hour under loads of 20-30 which is way more than it has been
able to stay up before. I'll let you know whether its still up tomorrow.

Million thanks for the tip!

	- Panu -

>

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