Thanks for the help fellows!!! I did the machine only start with the processor #0!!! Now I'll analyse the perfornance of the machine.
On 6/1/05, Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > given that cpu0 is dead, you might get some life out of it > in the interum before getting a replacement by simply > physically swapping cpus > > (2c) > > Dean > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 16:04 -0300, Paulo Ricardo Paz Vital wrote: > > > >>Hello fellows, > >> > >>I have a dual PowerMac G4 (described below in /proc/cpuinfo) and for a > >>few months it has presenting some problems. When I am operating the > >>machine, is presented in gkrellm that the processor #1 stops > >>operating. This crash presents two different scenes: (1) the processor > >>#1 stops but the processor #0 operates normally, supporting all > >>amount of work; and (2) the two processors stops and I need reboot the > >>machine. > >> > >>I'm using the kernel version 2.6.8 and this same problem occur in > >>other kernel versions and in Mac OS X, too. > >> > >>Verifying /var/log/messages, I can see this anormal message: > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>/var/log/messages: > >>May 30 11:20:23 falcao kernel: Machine check in kernel mode. > >>May 30 11:20:23 falcao kernel: Caused by (from SRR1=20009030): L1 Data > >>Cache error > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >>I did some searches using Google, but I didn't find a solution for > >>this problem. I suppose disabling the processor #1, I can solve this > >>problem. So, how can I disable one of my dual processors?? Or, how can > >>I solve this problem :-D ?? > > > > > > Looks like one of your processors is indeed broken. Try booting with > > maxcpus=1 on the kernel command line (and hope that's not CPU0 that is > > dead). > > > > Ben. > > > > > > > > -- [s] Paulo Ricardo Paz Vital

