Messages in this thread | | | Date | 6 Sep 2002 21:49:54 -0000 | From | jeff@AmeriCom ... | Subject | Re: Linux SMP kernel bug with > 512M ram |
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Its a VIA motherboard, and I found the problem: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47160 Thanks for the help.
Regards,
Jeffrey Moss jeff@americom.com
> Message-ID: <005a01c255ec$89be7b40$d281f6cc@WEASEL> > From: "Steve Wolfe" <nw@codon.com> > To: <jeff@AmeriCom.com> > References: <fa.hqf5vev.1u6g19e@ifi.uio.no> <fa.hqeru5v.1v6u3h8@ifi.uio.no> > Subject: Re: Linux SMP kernel bug with > 512M ram > Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:29:29 -0600 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > >
> > > I don't think its chipset or memory, the machines that crash have > different brand > > motherboards with different chipsets, I ran docmem for 24 hours on each > stick of ram > > and found no errors. The ram worked fine in my WindowsXP machine, and it > works fine > > when I use the non-smp kernel, and/or when I take the ram down to 2 > sticks (512 > > meg). I'm posting here because I believe I have narrowed it down to a > bug in the > > kernel. > > I've also been bit in the rear-end by memory bugs, and I can assure > you, they can be devilish to find. First, rather than running a memory > test on each individual stick, you MUST run the memory test on the actual > system, with the actual RAM. Often times, weird, bizarre errors crop up > in certain combinations and not in others. > > It's also a little difficult to convince people that it's a bug in the > kernel, when there is an incredibly number of people who run SMP kernels > with >512 MB. I maintain a decent number of such machines, and have seen > absolutely *zero* problems of similar natures that weren't traced back to > defective or incompatible hardware. > > I'm curious - what kinds of motherboards are you using, and what kinds > of RAM? What kind of memory timings are specified in the BIOS? > > steve > >
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