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From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Dru <andru@treshna.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Kernel lockup on alpha with heavy IO
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:15:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040426041515.GO17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <408C75E4.50908@treshna.com>

On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 02:37:24PM +1200, Dru wrote:
> I've recently installed debian on a alpha box and have a problem with  
> the kernel locking up
> after a couple of hours of heavy use.  An individual partition will stop 
> responding, all processes
> that try and access it will just sit there waiting and you have to 
> reboot the server.
> I've been using a mixture of IDE drives and they all do this. I thought 
> it might be the motherboard
> so i've installed a pci ide controller card, had same effect. I've tried 
> accessing files over usb devices
> as a finial ditch effort but it also does it there also so i am sure it 
> is in the kernel and not
> the hardware that is at fault.

... or you have problems with heat dissipation.  Get into SRM right after
the deadlock and say show power - that should, IIRC, give you temperatures.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-04-26  4:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-26  2:37 Dru
2004-04-26  4:15 ` viro [this message]
2004-04-26  7:09   ` Dru
2004-04-26  8:19 ` Måns Rullgård
2004-04-26  9:13 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
     [not found]   ` <408E3D8C.8090504@treshna.com>
     [not found]     ` <20040427201013.A14559@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
2004-04-28 13:01       ` Dru

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