HTB unsable? (was Re: 2.4.20-ac1 unstable on dual athlon)

[dean gaudet]

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, dean gaudet wrote:

> i've got a dual athlon 1.4GHz / 760MP (tyan 2462) which has been solid on
> 2.4.19-pre7-ac4, but which reboot twice in 2 days with 2.4.20-ac1.
>
> i then added "noapic" and the 2.4.20-ac1 kernel lasted all of 5 minutes
> before rebooting.
>
> no messages appeared on serial console.
>
> the kernel configs differed only in that i enabled HTB on the 2.4.20-ac1
> kernel.  i've now patched the 2.4.19-pre7-ac4 kernel with HTB and i'll run
> with this for a while.  below is the config i used for 2.4.20-ac1.

the system rebooted after 8 hours with the 2.4.19-pre7-ac4 + HTB kernel as
well... so perhaps the relevent change is the use of HTB.

or perhaps my hardware has gone bad.

these reboots without anything logged are frustrating.

-dean