Server-Crash due to 2.0.36

Bernd Rinn (bernd@planck.physik.uni-konstanz.de)
Sun, 13 Dec 1998 11:50:55 +0100


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Hi,

I want to inform you about a crash that seems to be due to the 2.0.36
kernel. The crashed machine is a server, which was up and running with
2.0.35 for several months without problems. With the 2.0.36 the
machine died without any log-messages 18 hours after boot. Now the machine
is again up for 20 days with 2.0.35 and no problems.

Hardware:
- Board: Tyan S1992 DL (Dual-PII-board with LX chipset)
- Processor: 1 Pentium-II 233
- Memory: 128 MB SDRAM
- SCSI-Adapter: * ICP-Vortex GDT6527RP (64MB Cache, Firmware: 2.20.02)
* Adaptec 2940UW
- Disks: 6 x IBM DDRS-39130 9GB Ultra-Wide (connected to GDT6527RP)
- Streamer: Tandberg MLR3 (connected to 2940UW)
- CD-ROM: Plextor CD-ROM PX-32TS (connected to 2940UW)
- Graphic card: Elsa Winner 1000 T2D
- Network adapter: 3 x Kingston KNE 100Tx
- USV: Effekta 1000 Online (with ShutUp-Software 1.3.5)

Kernel configuration:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=3Dy

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=3Dy
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KERNELD=3Dy

#
# General setup
#
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_NET=3Dy
# CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set
CONFIG_PCI=3Dy
# CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=3Dy
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=3Dy
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=3Dy
# CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set
CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=3Dy
CONFIG_M686=3Dy
# CONFIG_MTRR is not set

#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=3Dy
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE is not set

#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY is not set

#
# Additional Block Devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=3Dm
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=3Dm
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
CONFIG_PARIDE=3Dm

#
# Parallel IDE high-level drivers
#
CONFIG_PARIDE_PD=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_PCD=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_PF=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_PT=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_PG=3Dm

#
# Parallel IDE protocol modules
#
CONFIG_PARIDE_ATEN=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_BPCK=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_COMM=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_DSTR=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT2=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT3=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_EPAT=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_EPIA=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_FRPW=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_KBIC=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_KTTI=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_ON20=3Dm
CONFIG_PARIDE_ON26=3Dm
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# Networking options
#
# CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ALIAS is not set
CONFIG_INET=3Dy
# CONFIG_IP_FORWARD is not set
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=3Dy
# CONFIG_IP_ACCT is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set

#
# (it is safe to leave these untouched)
#
# CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
# CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=3Dy
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=3Dy

#
# =20
#
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_AX25 is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set

#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=3Dy

#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=3Dy
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=3Dy
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=3Dy
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=3Dy

#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=3Dy

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=3Dm
# CONFIG_OVERRIDE_CMDS is not set
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS is not set
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=3D5
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH=3Dy

#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=3Dy
CONFIG_DUMMY=3Dm
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
CONFIG_PLIP=3Dm
# CONFIG_PPP is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=3Dy
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
CONFIG_NET_PCI=3Dy
# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
# CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100B is not set
# CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set
CONFIG_DEC_ELCP=3Dy
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
# CONFIG_RTL8139 is not set
# CONFIG_EPIC is not set
# CONFIG_TLAN is not set
# CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set

#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set

#
# Filesystems
#
CONFIG_QUOTA=3Dy
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=3Dy
# CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=3Dy
# CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set
CONFIG_NLS=3Dy
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=3Dy
CONFIG_FAT_FS=3Dy
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=3Dy
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=3Dm
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=3Dm
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=3Dm
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=3Dm
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=3Dm
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3=3Dm
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4=3Dm
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5=3Dm
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6=3Dm
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7=3Dm
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8=3Dm
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9=3Dm
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=3Dy
CONFIG_NFS_FS=3Dy
# CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
CONFIG_SMB_FS=3Dm
CONFIG_SMB_WIN95=3Dy
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=3Dy
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_UFS_FS=3Dm
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=3Dy
# CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_SERIAL=3Dy
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
CONFIG_PRINTER=3Dm
# CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=3Dy
CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE=3Dm
CONFIG_BUSMOUSE=3Dm
CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE=3Dm
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=3Dm
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_RTC=3Dy

#
# Sound
#
# CONFIG_SOUND is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set

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The kernel was not configured as SMP-kernel. It is the same
configuration, that I used for the 2.0.35, with the exception of the=20
"Parallel IDE protocol modules" (disabled in 2.0.35).

Sorry, that I cannot give you extensive test reports, but too many people
cannot work when I mess around with the server.

Cheers,

Bernd Rinn
--=20
Bernd Rinn
Fakultaet fuer Physik
Universitaet Konstanz

e-mail: Bernd.Rinn@uni-konstanz.de
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