5.3 and HT with SMP

[Louis LeBlanc]

On 12/27/04 06:49 PM, J.D. Bronson sat at the `puter and typed:
> How stable and successful is HT support via SMP?
> (I presume it is supported)
> 
> I have a P4-3.06 with HT support....
> 
> I had a 5.3 machine with an HT/SMP kernel (no other customizations)
> and the server would randomly reboot. Could be a few hours
> or could be a week.
> 
> I setup a new machine (same exact model and hardware) and installed 5.3 
> again on this machine and the same thing happened.
> 
> So thinking it was the network, I disconnected the ethernet and still it 
> reboots within some time. I then ran a debug kernel and it ran for weeks 
> with no crash.
> 
> When it did crash, there was no logs and no errors. The servers are on a 
> huge stable UPS. Solaris runs on these machines for months.
> 
> Anyone see this? anyone have any ideas?

I had all kinds of problems with 5.2.1 - disk controller related.  I'm
running 5.3 RELEASE now on a P4-3.0 with HT support, and it's fine.

I assume there are no log entries in /var/logs/messages?

And, are you running a generic or custom kernel?

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