Jonathan A. Davis wrote:
>
> 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.
That's more or less the way I see things. In any case, 2.1.x is getting
close enough that you may just want to start using it. Personally, 2.1.123
is the best 2.1.x kernel I've used so far and I would recommend it for SMP
systems. At least with it, you either will work or you won't boot at all
from what I've seen and heard on the lists.
--
Doug Ledford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Opinions expressed are my own, but
they should be everybody's.
