Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030488AbWASFLO (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:11:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161323AbWASFLO (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:11:14 -0500 Received: from fsmlabs.com ([168.103.115.128]:16513 "EHLO spamalot.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030488AbWASFLN (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:11:13 -0500 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1137647470-29057-16-0 X-Barracuda-URL: http://10.0.1.244:8000/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:16:11 -0800 (PST) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Gilles May cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: SMP trouble Subject: Re: SMP trouble In-Reply-To: <43CAFF80.2020707@jekyll.org> Message-ID: References: <43CAFF80.2020707@jekyll.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=5.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.02, rules version 3.0.7533 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 932 Lines: 20 On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Gilles May wrote: > I got a wierd problem with my dual Athlon box. > The board is a K7D Master-L with 2 Athlon-MP 2800+ processors. > Running it with SMP enabled in the kernel makes it freeze on heavy activity. I > can always reproduce a freeze > by watching a movie while copying files to/from USB disk, or on ping -f to a > box on my LAN. Without SMP > support in the kernel I can do this for hours and no freeze. > The kernels I tried are ranging from 2.6.11-1.1369 (FC4) to 2.6.15 vanilla > kernel. Running from console > with no X nor any proprietary modules loaded. Try booting the SMP kernel with 'noapic' kernel parameter and then send the kernel bootlog. - 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/