On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Doug Ledford wrote:
> >
> > As I posted in previous messages, there are definively some reproductable
> > lockup problems with 2.0 and SMP on some motherboards.
> >
> > I was having ones with a RC440LX motherboard (2xPII300MHz), the machine
> > locked-up, blank screen, no noise...
> >
Doug and co.,
The distinct impression I'm getting it that it *may* (underscore) be
related to disk or swapper code (or an aggrivation thereof).
Example: We have two systems here that are both running 2.0.35 stock with
SMP enabled.
Both machines are identical hardware except:
One machine has a user list in excess of 9000 and during the day has
90-130 online at any one time. But it has 256MB of memory and has never
been into swap space for any appreciable length of time (I'm a BOFH and
have a LOT of limits set).
The other machine has a somewhat smaller user list, but only 128MB of
memory and gets into swap space fairly often, but has about the same
general usage.
The first machine (non-swapping) has *never* crashed during its 11 months
of operation, only being brought down for kernel and system upgrades (an
example is that it had been up for 101 days until I had to being it down
courtesy of hurricane Georges).
The other machine, though with a lighter load, has locked tight several
times. And on several occasions, though it was conjecture through
observation only, the operators reported heavy swapping going on.
I know this is a far from cut-and-dried case, but might add another data
point to your research.
-Jonathan < >
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