SMP and NMI errors (4.10)

[David G. Lawrence]

> > > If I boot a uniprocessor kernel this problem doesn't occur.
> > It might be temperature related then :)
> 
> I was hoping no-one would say that :)
> 
> This is a 1U rack mount and currently seems to run at about ~40 deg. C
> on CPU1, ~30 deg. C on CPU2 and ~33 deg. C system temp.  First CPU 
> is a little hot perhaps but I don't think too high to be a problem?

   Actually, this sounds more like a weak/overloaded power supply problem.
Power supplies in many 1U servers are very inadequate for the job and often
have problems in dual processor configurations.

-DG

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