On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 01:52, Bryan Whitehead wrote: > Randy wrote: > > Bryan Whitehead wrote: > > > >> Randy wrote: > >> [snip] > >> > >>> > >>> Works just fine on my dual Athlon MP system running *fresh* B4: > >>> > >>> Kernel 2.4.19-5mdkenterprise on a Dual-processor i686 / \l > >>> > >>> Tiger MPX, IDE based, with Promise 133 as well. > >>> > >>> -Rand E > >>> > >> > >> Do you NFS allot? > > > > > > No, I havn't used NFS on this machine (at least not serving). > > I am able to do intense hard drive activity which I thought > > was related. BTW I have a 1024MB stick in it. > > > > I'll give RC3 a try as soon as I can. > > > > -Rand > > > I think the lock is nfs/rpc related, so that's why your not getting the > lock-up. > > I'm building a new kernel to test... I'm probably wrong. > > -- > Bryan Whitehead > SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology > Phone: 818 354 2903 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It is clearly NFS/FTP + disk(IDE or SCSI) + HIGHMEM related, under heavy load. It never happens without highmem. It only happens with 2.4.18 and 2.4.19 (maybe 2.4.17) kernels. It never happens with the 2.4.8 kernel. It is easy to produce with both P4 and Athlon processors. You cannot produce it with heavy disk load alone.
-- Bjarne
