Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] System-Crash with SMP

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Hi everyone,

sorry for the late response, I was out on vacation.

The issue with the resets is a bug in grsecurity. I thought I was the  
only one hitting it....

I'll compile a newer version of DL and throw it in the testing  
directory, so you guys can confirm that it's fixed.

Heiko

Quoting Serge Leschinsky <ser...@gm...>:

> Dietmar,
>
> That's correct - DL 1.4.0 has 4 CPU limitation. I have to check, but it looks
> like it was extended up to 16 for 1.4.1.
>
> So, it's not a bug :)
>
> Serge
>
>
> On 01/14/2011 02:16 AM, Dietmar Rieder wrote:
>> BTW DL 1.4.0 does not see all cores of the system, though.
>>
>> There are 2 E5640 CPU (each 4 cores) in the machine, but I see only 4
>> cores in total:
>>
>> cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor
>> processor       : 0
>> processor       : 1
>> processor       : 2
>> processor       : 3
>>
>> When I boot Grml 2010.12 (based on kernel 2.6.36.2) distro everything
>> works just fine.
>>
>> Didi
>>
>> 2011/1/14 Dietmar Rieder<die...@gm...>:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have the same problem as Joachim on a HP Proliant DL360 G7 with
>>> Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5640 processors. Shortly after loading the
>>> initial ramdisk the system is crashing and resets. There is no output
>>> on the screen.
>>> DL 1.4.0 works.
>>>
>>> Didi
>>>
>>> 2011/1/14 Serge Leschinsky<ser...@gm...>:
>>>> Joachim,
>>>>
>>>> that's strange.. So, it crashes on kernel boot, correct? It'll be great to
>>>> identify what exactly wrong with DL 1.4.1. Can you get output  
>>>> from the system (
>>>> via serial console for example)?
>>>>
>>>> I can build for your "custom" DL with different kernel - just to  
>>>> make sure it
>>>> will work....
>>>>
>>>> Serge
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 01/10/2011 08:10 AM, Joachim Ringelnatz wrote:
>>>>> Hallo Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> everytime when I start devil-linux-1.4.1-i686 on SMP-PC the  
>>>>> system crashes. When I start with the kernel append-parameter  
>>>>> "nosmp" the system works perfectly. I have this behavior on  
>>>>> multiple machines. What can I do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> tarock60
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Laptop Maxdata Pro6110IW:
>>>>> processor       : 0 + 1
>>>>> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
>>>>> cpu family      : 6
>>>>> model           : 15
>>>>> model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7500  @ 2.20GHz
>>>>>
>>>>> Desktop-PC HP Compaq dc7100 CMT:
>>>>> processor       : 0 + 1
>>>>> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
>>>>> cpu family      : 15
>>>>> model           : 3
>>>>> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(TM)4 CPU 2.80GHz
>>>>>
>>>>> Laptop Lenovo Thinkpad T60
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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   Heiko Zuerker
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