6.x hangs on AMD64 again

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 11:15:54AM -0800, Chris wrote:
> >
> >If your system is hanging then you need to configure additional
> >debugging to figure out the cause.  Read the chapter on kernel
> >debugging the developers handbook; without this information no
> >developer can help you.
> >
> >Kris
> >
> >P.S. In my testing SMP amd64 is quite stable even under exceptionally
> >heavy loads, so it's either something related to your hardware or your
> >particular workload.
> 
> Hadn't considered that a user level debugging solution. I'll give it  
> a try.
> 
> We had considered it possibly related to our mix because the SuperMicro
> dual xeon we are trying to replace it with was rebooting (not hanging)
> without any error messages every 15-20 days. I thought it was failing
> hardware. It's on 6.1 R P10. Maybe related in some way.

That is indeed almost always failing hardware.

Kris
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