Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261624AbUCKSVp (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:21:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261650AbUCKSVd (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:21:33 -0500 Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com ([62.253.162.42]:8258 "EHLO mta02-svc.ntlworld.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261624AbUCKSVI (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:21:08 -0500 From: Richard Browning Organization: Redline Software Engineering To: Len Brown Subject: Re: SMP + Hyperthreading / Asus PCDL Deluxe / Kernel 2.4.x 2.6.x / Crash/Freeze Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 18:19:25 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Zwane Mwaikambo References: <1078987834.2556.84.camel@dhcppc4> In-Reply-To: <1078987834.2556.84.camel@dhcppc4> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403111819.25819.richard@redline.org.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 905 Lines: 25 On Thursday 11 March 2004 06:50, Len Brown wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 07:27, Richard Browning wrote: > > When operating from the > > command line it is usual to see a Machine Check Exception error > > immediately prior to system failure. > > details? I've now updated the BIOS to the latest version available on Asus' site. The crash occurs even earlier - during bootup this time. Exactly: CPU2: Machine Check Exception: 000.0004 CPU3: Machine Check Exception: 000.0004 Bank 0: a20000008c010400Bank0: a20000008c010400 Kernel Panic: CPU context corrupt In idle task - not syncing Again, disabling hyperthreading allows the system to operate normally. R - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/