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SubjectRe: NMI errors in 2.0.30??, High Availability-Linux
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, yuri mironoff wrote:

> Something like that. I've started getting SIGNAL 7 from GCC since
> upgrading to 2.0.30. This happens when I stress test the machine.
> (4 concurrent kernel builds with -j8) I'm not getting any NMIs - just
> SIGNAL 7. I've also gotten a few "Couldn't get a free page." Could that
> have anything to do with it?

The free page stuff just means a process wanted memory and couldn't get
it...perhaps swapping was not an option at that instant. Tune
/proc/sys/vm/freepages, and try again.

> Supermicro P6DNE, 2x200
> 64MB Parity EDO (ECC turned on in BIOS)

I thought you had to have parity RAM to use ECC in the Tyan's? AFAIK,
parity EDO RAM is pretty rare. Have I wasted money and sacrificed
performance by buying x36 true parity RAM rather than the more common x32
EDO?

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