Subject: Re: SS20 SMP panic
To: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/17/2005 21:57:27
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 01:10:46PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 08:04:22PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 07:48:38AM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote:
> > > I'm not sure what to make of the error messages. A memory error would
> > > seem to be a different thing than a CPU problem, unless perhaps it's a
> > > cache problem. In any case, if anyone can read the error messages well
> > > enough to tell whether I ought to be pulling RAM sticks until the
> > > problem goes away or swapping the CPUs out I'd be most appreciative :-)
> >
> > Hum, It's possible that those NMI are generated because of RAM ECC
> > failing.
>
> Ok, I'll start troubleshooting by pulling RAM.
>
> I'v never played with RAM on a SS20 before ... is it paired or otherwise
> in some sort of order than I should be careful of?
Yes, the order is important. http://docs.sun.com/ should have the hardware
manuals for the SS20
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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