Re: Debugging SMP instability (was Re: HEADS-UP: await/asleep removal imminent)

2001-01-18 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The enclosed patch implements a virtual NMI pushbutton by programming the IOAPIC to deliver an NMI when sio1 generates an interrupt. This would be a nice kernel option... :-) -- Daniel C. Sobral(8-DCS) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debugging SMP instability (was Re: HEADS-UP: await/asleep removal imminent)

2001-01-18 Thread Julian Elischer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again I'll offer to run any and all code or patches to -current you guys can come up with, but I simply dont have the time to sit down and analyze into details what you have been doing... The enclosed patch implements a virtual NMI pushbutton by programming

Re: Debugging SMP instability (was Re: HEADS-UP: await/asleep removal imminent)

2001-01-18 Thread Tor . Egge
cool. What are the instructions for using this? should something have sio1 open? I use conserver conserver conserver hostnull-modem serial cables test machine label testport AA - sio0 serial console testnmi port BB

Debugging SMP instability (was Re: HEADS-UP: await/asleep removal imminent)

2001-01-17 Thread Jason Evans
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 07:42:26PM +0100, Soren Schmidt wrote: Basically if you're expecting me or the SMP team to figure out what's going on without more info, you're pretty much out of luck. See above, not really possible, we have been trying to find some (affordable) HW that could be

Re: Debugging SMP instability (was Re: HEADS-UP: await/asleep removal imminent)

2001-01-17 Thread Soren Schmidt
It seems Jason Evans wrote: On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 07:42:26PM +0100, Soren Schmidt wrote: Basically if you're expecting me or the SMP team to figure out what's going on without more info, you're pretty much out of luck. See above, not really possible, we have been trying to find some

Re: Debugging SMP instability (was Re: HEADS-UP: await/asleep removal imminent)

2001-01-17 Thread Matt Dillon
:I did some research on this and am convinced that at least some video cards :would work as memory buffers for KTR logs. Specifically, someone mentioned :to me yesterday that their Matrox Millennium II flashes the X desktop :during startup from a previous invocation across warm boots. (I

Re: Debugging SMP instability (was Re: HEADS-UP: await/asleep removal imminent)

2001-01-17 Thread Tor . Egge
Again I'll offer to run any and all code or patches to -current you guys can come up with, but I simply dont have the time to sit down and analyze into details what you have been doing... The enclosed patch implements a virtual NMI pushbutton by programming the IOAPIC to deliver an NMI when

Re: smp instability

2000-10-26 Thread Patrick Hartling
Patrick Hartling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } John Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } } } } } On 25-Oct-00 Chuck Robey wrote: } } I'm having rather extreme problems with stability on my dual PIII } } setup. I know this is to be expected, but it's gotten so extreme on my } } system, I can't

Re: smp instability

2000-10-25 Thread Patrick Hartling
John Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } } On 25-Oct-00 Chuck Robey wrote: } I'm having rather extreme problems with stability on my dual PIII } setup. I know this is to be expected, but it's gotten so extreme on my } system, I can't spend more than a few minutes before it locks up. } }

smp instability

2000-10-24 Thread Chuck Robey
I'm having rather extreme problems with stability on my dual PIII setup. I know this is to be expected, but it's gotten so extreme on my system, I can't spend more than a few minutes before it locks up. Is there any chance that I could make things better by using a sysctl to tell the box it's

Re: smp instability

2000-10-24 Thread Mike Meyer
Chuck Robey writes: I'm having rather extreme problems with stability on my dual PIII setup. I know this is to be expected, but it's gotten so extreme on my system, I can't spend more than a few minutes before it locks up. Is there any chance that I could make things better by using a

RE: smp instability

2000-10-24 Thread John Baldwin
On 25-Oct-00 Chuck Robey wrote: I'm having rather extreme problems with stability on my dual PIII setup. I know this is to be expected, but it's gotten so extreme on my system, I can't spend more than a few minutes before it locks up. Is there any chance that I could make things better by

RE: smp instability

2000-10-24 Thread Chuck Robey
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, John Baldwin wrote: On 25-Oct-00 Chuck Robey wrote: I'm having rather extreme problems with stability on my dual PIII setup. I know this is to be expected, but it's gotten so extreme on my system, I can't spend more than a few minutes before it locks up. Is

Re: smp instability

2000-10-24 Thread Chuck Robey
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Mike Meyer wrote: Chuck Robey writes: I'm having rather extreme problems with stability on my dual PIII setup. I know this is to be expected, but it's gotten so extreme on my system, I can't spend more than a few minutes before it locks up. Is there any chance