Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261785AbUCKWRS (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:17:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261793AbUCKWRR (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:17:17 -0500 Received: from dragnfire.mtl.istop.com ([66.11.160.179]:9415 "EHLO dsl.commfireservices.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261785AbUCKWRK (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:17:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:17:08 -0500 (EST) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Richard Browning Cc: Len Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SMP + Hyperthreading / Asus PCDL Deluxe / Kernel 2.4.x 2.6.x / Crash/Freeze In-Reply-To: <200403111819.25819.richard@redline.org.uk> Message-ID: References: <1078987834.2556.84.camel@dhcppc4> <200403111819.25819.richard@redline.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 847 Lines: 20 On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Richard Browning wrote: > 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. For my own curiosity, does switching the processors around do anything? Those MCEs look confined to the non bootstrap processor package. - 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/