From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262696AbTHZF4G (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:56:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262718AbTHZF4G (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:56:06 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:2440 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262696AbTHZF4E (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:56:04 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:58:20 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Bryan Ballard Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Interesting problem with 450NX based Compaq server Message-Id: <20030825225820.2d1c6e29.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <1061875433.24196.15.camel@ant> References: <1061875433.24196.15.camel@ant> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Bryan Ballard wrote: > > Hello, I've looked through the kernel list archives and haven't found > anything that might help. I have a Compaq 5500r 4x500mhz Xeons and > whenever a heavy load is placed on the box it reboots without any kernel > panics or oops. It seems to be related primarily to multiple PCI card > access, i.e. during heavy RAID card / NIC interaction. I've tried to > isolate it by replacing NICs and RAID cards, but the only thing I can > come up with is that it is related to the 450NX chipset. > Since I am not sure anyone is still working on the 450NX chipset I've > refrained from cluttering the list with a giant E-mail full of /proc > data until someone answers back that they would be interested in any > information that I can provide them. I have an Intel ad450nx server, based on the 450NX PCISet chipset. 4x500MHz Xeons. It runs like a champ. Maybe you have a buggy kernel. Try a vendor patch, or switch vendors, or try a kernel.org kernel or something like that?