From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 21:30:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 21:30:49 -0400 Received: from zok.sgi.com ([204.94.215.101]:10915 "EHLO zok.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 21:30:30 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: Rolf Fokkens cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] Total freeze of 2.4 kernel In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 Aug 2001 12:48:30 +0200." <200108091048.MAA04335@linux06.vertis.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:30:21 +1000 Message-ID: <18763.997407021@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:48:30 +0200, Rolf Fokkens wrote: >We installed a 2.4.7 kernel on a Compaq Proliant server and it makes the >machine freeze totally at various moments. To gather more information, try adding the kernel debugger patch [1], booting with nmi watchdog [2] and a serial console [3]. [1] ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/ix86 [2] For uni-processor, compile with CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y, CONFIG_UP_NMI_WATCHDOG=y. For SMP, boot with option nmi_watchdog=2. [3] Documentation/serial-console.txt