+> > 
+> > 
+> >   Godmar raised a problem in the Kaffe core list, where the
+> > kernel threads on 2.2.12 SMP are turning wild. Seems that he actually
+> > had to power cycle the machine at some point :-\
+> >   Any hint ? 
+> > 
+> 
+> Actually, when the problem started occurring, I didn't run an application
+> that uses kernel threads (I used the single-threaded version of kaffe).

Sounds strange. - Can you rule out thermal problems ?

+> After the problems had started, and the machine repeatedly froze for
+> minutes at a time, the problem could be triggered by pretty much any
+> application.  It looks to me as though one CPU may have been in a
+> messed up state and wasn't responding to IPIs anymore.

It really *may* be a thermal problem. Do you overclock, or have a tight case?
How long is the system running (Is it brand new, or does it run for a couple of
years without any failure?) ?

Regards,

        Herbert

+> 
+>      - Godmar
+> 
+> > Daniel
+> > 
+> > ----- Forwarded message from Godmar Back <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
+> > > The latest version of kaffe, when running kjc, manages to do this
+> > > on my dual PII/350 with unix-jthreads running Linux 2.2.12:
+> > > 
+> > > Oct 12 16:44:08 peerless kernel: stuck on TLB IPI wait (CPU#1)
+> > > Oct 12 16:44:08 peerless last message repeated 111 times
+> > > Oct 12 16:45:04 peerless last message repeated 100 times
+> > > 
+> > > Which means that my machine freezes for about 2 minutes or so.
+> > > 
+> > > Has this happened to anybody else?
+> > > 
+> > >  - Godmar
+> > 
+> > ----- End forwarded message -----
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