From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266549AbUGPTSx (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:18:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266565AbUGPTSw (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:18:52 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:18862 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266549AbUGPTSu (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:18:50 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:18:50 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Brian McEntire Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Suggestions with hard lockup on 4 systems, have oops report Message-ID: <20040716191850.GA5997@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Brian McEntire , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, netdev@oss.sgi.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 11:01:39AM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: > Thank you for taking time from your busy days to read this. You all > (kernel maintainers) rock! :) You are running one of the kernels not a lot of people outside of red hat know the details about. > The systems are: > Dual Xeon 2.4GHz processors > 2 GB RAM > 2 GB swap > Ethernet controller: PCI device 14e4:16a7 (BROADCOM Corporation) (rev 2) > Dual channel SCSI storage controller: PCI device 1000:0030 (Symbios > Logic Inc. (formerly NCR)) (rev 7) This kind of hardware just asks for 2.6. Furthermore, you'll find that current kernel hackers will be in a far better position to help you. > bcm5700-7.1.22-1 In a recent kernel, you will probably be able to use the tg3 driver instead of this vendor supplied one, which is generally considered to be inferior or at least uglier than the in kernel one. > Code; f89b669f <[bcm5700]LM_ServiceInterrupts+cf/230> > 00000000 <_EIP>: > Code; f89b669f <[bcm5700]LM_ServiceInterrupts+cf/230> <===== > 0: c7 03 00 00 00 00 movl $0x0,(%ebx) <===== I'm no expert, but this strongly looks like problems in the broadcom driver. > 133 warnings and 7 errors issued. Results may not be reliable. 2.6 also has a built-in ksymoops, which gives far more reliable results. Good luck! -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO