Re: Random signals in {build,install}world recently?

From: Harti Brandt <brandt_at_fokus.fraunhofer.de>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:29:04 +0200 (CEST)
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Mark Santcroos wrote:

MS>On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:27:38AM +0200, Harti Brandt wrote:
MS>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Vallo Kallaste wrote:
MS>>
MS>> VK>Hi
MS>> VK>
MS>> VK>It seems to be a recent problem. The hardware is OK, both Windows XP
MS>> VK>(which I use very seldom) and Gentoo Linux do not exhibit any
MS>> VK>problems.
MS>> VK>Basically one will get random signals as I have got in build- and
MS>> VK>installworld. It's impossible to complete make -j2 buildworld on my
MS>> VK>machine, but sometimes non-parallel buildworld will do, only to die
MS>> VK>later in installworld.
MS>> VK>This is on two-processor AMD 2400+ MP system, ASUS A7M-266D mobo and
MS>> VK>1GB ECC memory, ATA disks and CD/RW-DVD only. 4BSD scheduler if it
MS>> VK>matters.
MS>>
MS>> I have the same MB just with 1800+ processors. I had to reduce the CPU
MS>> frequency by about 10% in the BIOS setup to get the machine stable. I
MS>> assume the problem is actually the memory.
MS>
MS>Couldn't the following be of help here?
MS>
MS>options         DISABLE_PSE
MS>options         DISABLE_PG_G

Is the processor bug that these options seem to circumvent dependend on
the actual operating frequency of the processor?

harti
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