Re: 2.6.30.1-4 kernels freezes dual pentium-3 system

From: John Stoffel
Date: Mon Aug 10 2009 - 10:38:14 EST


>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Rogge <marogge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Martin> On Monday 03 August 2009 18:25:27 Martin Rogge wrote:
>> Osipov Stanislav wrote:
>> > I have a dual Pentium-3 system. It based on Asus CUR-DLS mainboard
>> > with 2 Pentium-3EB 1000MHz (133 MHz FSB) installed.
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > But under 2.6.30.x kernels box freezes without any alerts. TTL before
>> > freezing is about 5-30 mins.
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Osipov Stanislav
>> > Linux System Administrator.
>>
>> I also observe system lockups after upgrading to 2.6.30.[34]. The mainboard
>> is an MSI-9105 with dual P-3 1400Mhz. TTL is a number of hours (which is
>> going to make bisecting hard). Since all lockups have occured with a
>> tainted kernel (nvidia) I am currently running a test with an untainted
>> kernel. Should a lockup re-occur I will post details.
>>
>> Martin

Martin> OK, I have observed the lockup now on a vanilla 2.6.30.4
Martin> kernel, unpatched & untainted. So it is now official: 2.6.30
Martin> can lock up on dual-P3s.:-(

I'm not surprised. I've been running 2.6.31-rc5 on my Dual PIII and
it's locked up three times now. I expect it to lockup before I get
home today too.

I guess I really need to start the long term bisection parade and see
where the changes between 2.6.29 and 2.6.30 really are which causes
this problem.

John
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