Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 10:50:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 10:49:58 -0400 Received: from sammy.netpathway.com ([208.137.139.2]:12045 "EHLO sammy.netpathway.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 10:49:47 -0400 Message-ID: <3B49C487.455681FC@netpathway.com> Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 09:49:44 -0500 From: "Gary White (Network Administrator)" Organization: Internet Pathway X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: VMWare crashes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 0.1.5c - (http://www.inflex.co.za/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I realize this may be a VMWare problem, but I just waited to bring this to the attention of the developers in case it was related to the kernel and to also see if anyone else is having the same problem. VMWare dies under load with all kernel versions up to and including ac versions after 2.4.6. Kernel version up to and including 2.4.5-ac15 I know all run fine. Somewhere between 2.4.5-ac15 and 2.4.6 is where the problem started. I have backed up to 2.4.5 now and VMWare is rock solid. Running VMWare Version 2.0.4 Build-1142 Asus K7V KT133 Chipset Athlon 1000Mhz w/512MB Memory Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000070 printing eip: e1af85e1 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[] EFLAGS: 00013282 eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: c243e000 edx: 00000000 esi: d6b2f480 edi: dfe24df4 ebp: dfe24dc0 esp: c243feb0 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process vmware (pid: 487, stackpage=c243f000) Stack: de7aac04 00000000 de7aac00 d6b2fd80 de7aac3c 00000001 dfe212c0 dfe4d400 dfe212c0 dfe212c0 d6b2fd80 e1af6f9e dfe24e14 c76f1e00 00003202 de7aac04 00000000 de7aac00 d6b2fd80 e1af74e6 de7aac04 c76f1e00 c76f1e00 c0203fe4 Call Trace: [] [] [] [] [] Code: 8b 42 70 83 f8 01 74 0a ff 4a 70 0f 94 c0 84 c0 74 0c 83 c4 -- Gary White Network Administrator admin@netpathway.com Internet Pathway Voice 601-776-3355 Fax 601-776-2314 - 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/