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On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 02:07:58PM -0400, Kevin wrote: |
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> In summary, my problem is this: of those that I've tried, I can't get any |
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> Gentoo kernel to handle SMP operation during major CPU activity (like |
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> emerging packages) for more than about 5 or 10 minutes. Invariably, |
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> during such activity, I get a kernel panic---most often with words on the |
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> console about Machine Check Exception 000000...004 (this number from |
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> memory so it may be off). |
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This means you have bad hardware (memory, cpu, overheating, etc.) It's |
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the hardware saying that something bad just happened, nothing the OS or |
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distro did wrong here. |
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I suggest you track down that exact error message and determine what it |
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means (there are tables and a tool that does that, sorry I can't |
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remember what it is...) |
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Good luck, |
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greg k-h |
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