Hi All
Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> Tom Ponsford writes:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm getting a machine check on my new-toy: an Alphaserver 2100A
4/275 RM.
> >
> > It boots and runs 4.6.2 fine with a single cpu. But after I
supped the
> > current 5.0 sources from
> > 10/29/2002 17:39 and did a buildworld and a Generic buildkernel,
(plus
> > all the
> > other steps in UPDATING with the exception of installing world)
But after an
> > installkernel, I get a machine check, just after the kernel loads
and boots.
> >
>
> Can you build a non-SMP kernel and see if that boots please?
OK . I'll build a non-SMP kernel for 5.0-CURRENT.
I'm still thinking it pukes on the pci-probe, I read somewhere, maybe
netbsd that
the 2100a handles the pci probe differentl.
But it still boots the FBSD 4.6.2 non-smp kernel just fine.
> Nobody has ever run an SMP kernel on a 2100A, AFAIK. The 2100A has
> problems with multiple machine checks being reported for each machine
> check triggered. I wonder if you're getting a machine check for each
> CPU. Hmmm..
Could be. I'll build a non-SMP kernel tommorrow and send the results
Thanks
Tom
>
> Drew
>
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