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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: |
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> I can't tell yet whether it's hardware or software, but I'm guessing the |
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> kernel at this point rather than hardware -- I have some |
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> /var/log/messages traces that don't look like hardware. Once I get a |
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> stable OS, I'll load Gentoo from it and do the real debugging. The |
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> 2.4.20 kernel in Gentoo stable has to be better that the 2.4.18s the |
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> other distros seem to be carrying. |
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What I find to be a cause of a lot of stability issues. Probably even |
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more so on multiprocessor/core systems is preemption. Voluntary |
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preemption is OK, but other preemption still seems to be a bit flaky at |
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places. |
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Paul |
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