hi:
i have same problem. 2.4.18 with serverworks and himem, the
system hang. i report this several times. but no support or reply
yet.
> Have you seen this!
> [RHBA-2002:085-11] Kernel panic on SMP systems with ext3 file systems
> is now fixed.
> I am not sure if this problem is solved in the Mandrake kernel.
>
> -- Bjarne
>
> On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 21:58, Bjarne Thomsen wrote:
>> Actually it is on purpose that I did not mention
>> VIA and the PCI latency problem in the subject line.
>> I believe that we have two different problems (unfortunately).
>> The K7S6A was a replacement for an Asus A7V266E with
>> a VIA KT266A chipset. The reson was that we had similar
>> lock-ups, often accompanied by massive disk corruptions
>> which we have not seen with the K7S6A. But most importantly,
>> the first thing we did when we had the A7V266 crashes was
>> to try the enterprise kernel from LM8.1.
>> And it crashed just as easily as the LM8.2 kernel.
>> That is why I think that we have two problems.
>> These two PCs belong to my colleagues who were very
>> frustrated. Now they have found a solution by using the
>> enterprise kernel from LM8.1 running in LM8.2 they
>> are not terribly interseste in pursuing this problem
>> any further.
>>
>> I think that the problem should really be sorted out.
>> Are there one or two problems (as I think there are)?
>> By making a google search I found that Thomas Wanka
>> had a "highmem smp freeze" problem with a Serverworks
>> chipset.
>>
>> Marcelo Tosatti answers this question:
>> The ServerWorks chipsets are problematic. Use the "noapic"
>> boot option.
>>
>> Is this really a third problem. Was it solved by the
>> "noapic" option? Or do we really have a problem
>> with highmem and 2.4.18??
>>
>> -- Bjarne
>>
>> On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 19:36, Nicolas ROBAUX wrote:
>> > Le Mercredi 15 Mai 2002 19:10, vous avez �crit :
>> > > I need some help (again):
>> > >
>> > > We have encountered a total freeze while
>> > > copying files from an SGI/IRIX system
>> > > (using NFS) onto a local disk on a PC
>> > > with an Elitegroup K7S6A/SiS745 MoBo,
>> > > and more than 1Gb RAM, running the LM 8.2
>> > > enterprise kernel 2.4.18-6mdkenterprise.
>> > > This was repeated many times on two
>> > > different PCs having identical
>> > > motherboards (K7S6A/SiS745).
>> > > Then the same experiment was done with
>> > > the standard LM8.2 2.4.18-6mdk kernel.
>> >
>> > Exactly same thing with a MSI 6330 Lite 3 (VIA KT133A Chipset) /
>> > Duron 900, standard kernel of the 8.2, on a linux box running as a
>> > gateway (no X serveur running, "pure" console) from cable-modem
>> > (Motorola Docsis Surfboard) to wireless personnal network
>> > (gatewaydev is Elsa PCI-11). Freezes randomly 2 or 3 times per day,
>> > but seems to happen more often on network activity
>> >
>> > N.
>> >
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