strange problem

[Doug White]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Andrew Belashov wrote:

> | I have Sun Ultra 5
> | cpu0: Sun Microsystems UltraSparc-IIi Processor (360.00 MHz CPU)
> | with FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p10
>
> Yes.
>
> My system is highly load Sun Ultra 60 (2 X UltraSPARC-II 450MHz, 1024
> MB). It have two network interfaces:  hme (connected to internet) and rl
> (connected to LAN). FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE.

I don't think these problems are related.

> With option DDB (kernel debugger) kernel may by generate strange panic:
>
> - --------------------------------------------
> panic: ipi_send: couldn't send ipi

Thats not good. It could be corrupted arguments, or it could be a bad CPU
or system board.

> options        WITNESS
> options        WITNESS_SKIPSPIN
>
> and my system working stable (up time ~45 days, till manual reboot).

options INVARIANTS and INVARIANTS_SUPPORT would be similarly interesting.

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