From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262719AbTLDQgr (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:36:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262729AbTLDQgr (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:36:47 -0500 Received: from mxsf20.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.220]:23826 "EHLO mxsf20.cluster1.charter.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262719AbTLDQgp (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:36:45 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:32:43 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: NForce2 pseudoscience stability testing (2.6.0-test11) Message-ID: <20031204163243.GA10471@forming> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3FCF25F2.6060008@netzentry.com> <1070551149.4063.8.camel@athlonxp.bradney.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1070551149.4063.8.camel@athlonxp.bradney.info> X-Editor: GNU Emacs 21.1 X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux 2.6.0-test11-Jm i686 X-Uptime: 11:23:23 up 19:49, 9 users, load average: 0.18, 0.42, 3.20 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Josh McKinney Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On approximately Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:19:10PM +0100, Craig Bradney wrote: > As reported earlier today I had the first lockup this morning in over 5 > days uptime. Having had that, I decided to go for the latest gentoo 2.6 > test 11-r1 kernel. This means I was now running the following patches: > http://dev.gentoo.org/~brad_mssw/kernel_patches/2.6.0/genpatches-0.7/ > instead of > http://dev.gentoo.org/~brad_mssw/kernel_patches/2.6.0/genpatches-0.6/ > on top of vanilla test 11. > > Anyway.. my two changes on rebuilding the kernel were initially: > -Add in preempt (because there were questions asked here) > -Remove generic IDE support (I know I have Nvidia IDE so lets only have > that one). > > In that configuration the "multiple hdparm -t /dev/hda" test hung my > system. > > Rebuilt kernel without preempt.. no hang on hdparm test. > > So in summary, apart from the patch changes as above, the only > difference is to my 5 day kernel I now dont have generic IDE support > included. > > So now, I'll leave it on and see how far it goes.. 13 mins so far :). > > regards > Craig > > Just to add more inconsistency into the mix, I am running with preempt enabled, generic ide disabled, and can't make it crash. Ran netperf for an hour over a crossover cable on 100mbit, a couple make -j 30 kernel compiles, dbench, and playing some mp3's all at the same time and nothing happens despite load average reaching over 100. Maybe I am just lucky. -- Josh McKinney | Webmaster: http://joshandangie.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | They that can give up essential liberty Linux, the choice -o) | to obtain a little temporary safety deserve of the GNU generation /\ | neither liberty or safety. _\_v | -Benjamin Franklin