Subject: Re: MSI 6501 Dual AMD Athlon MP & 1.6 i386 MP kernel
To: None <tech-smp@NetBSD.ORG>
From: MLH <MLH@goathill.org>
List: tech-smp
Date: 09/19/2002 20:17:58
On 18 Sep 2002 15:40:02 -0500, David Laight wrote:
>> 
>> All process running on cpu1 cease running. No more processes can
>> be scheduled on it. None of the processes running on it can be
>> killed with 'kill -9'. All activity associated with that cpu is
>> dead.
> 
> From experiences with other systems I'd suspect the cpu is an
> a screaming loop waiting for a lock.

Would the temperature on that cpu likely go up or down under this
condition? This was cpu1 and it went down to idle temperature.

However, it appears we can get around the problem by turning off
apm support in the kernel (see other msg).

Thanks