On Wednesday, 30 March 2005 at 15:30:37 -0700, Scott Long wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> I've recently acquired an AMD64 box ... >> >> What's unstable? ... The amd64 5.4-PRERELEASE kernel just >> hangs/freezes. > > 5.3-RELEASE has a lot of problems with >4GB due to busdma issues. > Those should no longer be an issue in RELENG_5, including 5.4-PRE.
They appear to be. >> I realize that this isn't enough to diagnose the problem. The reason >> for this message now is to ask: >> >> 3. Where should I look next? > > You'll need to dig in and provide some more details, I guess. Yes, my guess too. > I have an HDAMA dual Opteron system that behaves fine now with 8GB > of RAM, so your problem might lie with particular hardware and/or > drivers. As I described, it doesn't appear to be the drivers. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers.
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