Re: The never ending BEEEEP/__smp_call_function_mask with 2.6.25-rc7

[Chr <chunkeey@web.de>]

On Monday 31 March 2008 09:10:34 Andi Kleen wrote:
> Chr <chunkeey@web.de> writes:
> > Ever since I went to the new 2.6.25-rcX, I encountered lots of random
> > system freezes after about 2 or 3 hours of uptime... but until now,
> > I couldn't _catch_ them, since the system
> > (AMD Athlon 4200+ X2 (Manchester) / nforce 4 SLI / x86_64) went
> > straight into oblivion (nothing on the serial console or anywhere else,
> > heck I couldn't even hit reset, It didn't POST anymore)
>
> Not POSTing would point to some kind of hardware problem. Normally
> the kernel shouldn't be able to cause that.
Normally yes.. but this is the first time that this ever happend!
(And my system has been stable so far (more than a year now, in fact more like 
2 years)... even with nvidia & madwifi drivers!). 

>
> I would recommend you double check if the problem is really not
> there with an older kernel by going back there and testing.
Well... older kernels won't freeze that way..
I can hit reset whenever I want and it still POSTs.

But, I'll try... maybe I get another change. 
(BTW, if it happends again, is there anything special, that
could help to find the real bugs?)
>
> -Andi
Regards,
	Chr.