Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:15:15 +0100
From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Dru <andru@treshna.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Kernel lockup on alpha with heavy IO
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 02:37:24PM +1200, Dru wrote:
> I've recently installed debian on a alpha box and have a problem with  
> the kernel locking up
> after a couple of hours of heavy use.  An individual partition will stop 
> responding, all processes
> that try and access it will just sit there waiting and you have to 
> reboot the server.
> I've been using a mixture of IDE drives and they all do this. I thought 
> it might be the motherboard
> so i've installed a pci ide controller card, had same effect. I've tried 
> accessing files over usb devices
> as a finial ditch effort but it also does it there also so i am sure it 
> is in the kernel and not
> the hardware that is at fault.

... or you have problems with heat dissipation.  Get into SRM right after
the deadlock and say show power - that should, IIRC, give you temperatures.
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