From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031066AbXDQDTg (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:19:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1031069AbXDQDTg (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:19:36 -0400 Received: from mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.10]:38944 "EHLO mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031066AbXDQDTf (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:19:35 -0400 Message-ID: <46243CC5.3090501@zachcarter.com> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:19:33 -0700 From: Zach Carter User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Ebbert CC: Dave Jones , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BUG: Bad page state errors during kernel make (resolved) References: <4622EDD3.9080103@zachcarter.com> <20070416035603.GD21217@redhat.com> <46230A3A.8060907@zachcarter.com> <46240888.1040804@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <46240888.1040804@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Zach Carter wrote: >> >> Do you think there might be other bad hw, or another explanation? > Well, after updating the BIOS for the motherboard, I was able to rebuild the kernel 6 times in a row with no page state errors. I noticed that the recent BIOS update includes "Enhanced compatibility with Linux": http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/bios.php?categories=1&model=316 In case anyone searching the ML archive has the same problem, the motherboard is an ABIT KN9 ULTRA Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX -Zach