From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5532 invoked from network); 11 May 2004 20:57:38 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 11 May 2004 20:57:38 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BNeJm-0000S6-5U for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 11 May 2004 20:57:38 +0000 Received: (qmail 27236 invoked by uid 50004); 11 May 2004 20:57:37 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 13586 invoked from network); 11 May 2004 20:57:37 +0000 From: Chris Gianelloni Reply-To: wolf31o2@gentoo.org To: Kevin Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200405111538.35551.gentoo-dev@gnosys.biz> References: <200405111407.58909.gentoo-dev@gnosys.biz> <200405111455.47547.gentoo-dev@gnosys.biz> <20040511190400.GA22352@kroah.com> <200405111538.35551.gentoo-dev@gnosys.biz> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Gentoo Linux Message-Id: <1084308876.1920.3.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 16:54:36 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Major MCE problem with SMP on Gentoo kernels X-Archives-Salt: b8a04ae6-3de7-45d9-b354-117c280ce88c X-Archives-Hash: 481a011ced528012228f81208ac9ccc7 On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 15:38, Kevin wrote: > Ok. Thanks for the suggestion. But what about this: Dell has a utility > partition and some programs for doing exhaustive testing of all the > hardware in the server. If I run the most thorough set of tests > available in this utility partition and I get a clean bill of health, > is that a reliable indication that there are no hardware problems? Or > does memtest86 do testing that's more exhaustive than most such utility > suites? I think the Dell suite would be more extensive. > If the utility partition testing says all is well (I've done it several > times in the last month or so, though maybe not the most extensive > tests), what's the next place to look for an explanation of why this > MCE is happening in Gentoo but not in SuSE? Are you sure that it isn't MCE *causing* these problems? Have you tried turning it off and seeing if you still have the same kinds of problems? -- Chris Gianelloni Developer, Gentoo Linux Games Team Is your power animal a penguin? -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list