Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932903AbXABSEd (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:04:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932888AbXABSEd (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:04:33 -0500 Received: from mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.49]:13769 "EHLO mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932903AbXABSEc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:04:32 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:04:25 +0000 From: Ken Moffat To: Len Brown Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9} Message-ID: <20070102180425.GA18680@deepthought> References: <20070101160158.GA26547@deepthought> <200701021225.57708.lenb@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200701021225.57708.lenb@kernel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1131 Lines: 28 On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 12:25:57PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > > it's been nothing but trouble in 32-bit mode. > > It still works fine when I boot it in 64-bit mode. > > A shot in the dark at the spontaneous reset issue, but no clue on the 32 vs 64-bit observation... > > See if ACPI exports any temperature readings under /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature > and if so, keep an eye on them to see if there is an indication of a thermal problem. > > ( And if ACPI doesn't, maybe lmsensors can find something.) > > cheers, > -Len Thanks, but there is nothing there. I never managed to get lmsensors configured (as in 'calibrated') for the hardware I tried it on, but I was starting to think about retrying it. But first, I'm just about to start testing with memtest86+ in case something in the memory has gone bad. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce - 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/