Re: Tyan 2466 SMP locks hard with 2.4.20 + heavy disk i/o yet runs 2.2.* without problems

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 02:56:12PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Iau, 2003-05-01 at 14:52, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> > Performance under 2.4.20 with ext3 + win4lin patch
> >   - "Stable" until disk-heavy operation causes freeze, typically within 
> >     two to three days
> >   - Heavy disk use (full backup writing, diff against big tarball, bonnie++) 
> >     freeze the machine hard, no ping, no sign of live
> >   + memtest86 shows no problem with the ram
> 
> If you don't have a PS/2 mouse plugged into the box add one. If that
> doens't help duplicate the crash without win4lin.

Turns out that 2.4.21-rc1 is rock solid. Behaved very well without win4lin,
and is looking good with4lin (survived double bonnie++ tests). 

I also unchecked CONIG_ISA, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX which may have
contributed to the lockups under 2.4.20.

Thanks,  Dirk

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