[Fwd: stuck on TLB IPI wiat]

[Hans Reiser]

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Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 08:38:12 -0800 (PST)
From: John Alvord <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: stuck on TLB IPI wiat
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Certainly not. It is usually a hardware error. john

On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Hans Reiser wrote:

> I don't think this is ReiserFS that is the source of the error.
> 
> Hans
> 
> John Alvord wrote:
> > 
> > In a multi-cpu system, when one CPU wants to message another, this means
> > that an attempted communication timed out.
> > 
> > On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Hans Reiser wrote:
> > 
> > > Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale wrote:
> > > >
> > > > [e-mail] (Manfred Spraul) writes:
> > > >
> > > > > > Should I be worried that
> > > > > > my hardware is dead/dying or is it more likely to be a software problem?
> > > > > >
> > > > > It's more likely to be a hardware problem.
> > > >
> > > > Not necessarily. Reiserfs is known to trigger such errors on smp
> > > > systems.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Arnaud
> > > >
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> > >
> > > Forgive me for jumping in on the middle of the thread without reading the
> > > beginning, but what is the error?
> > >
> > > Hans
> > >
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> need customizations and industrial grade support, we sell them.
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