From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Sat 15 Feb 2003 - 15:50:18 GMT
On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 02:08:26AM -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> I have seen consistent kernel panics on several systems running kernel 
> 2.4.20 ctx 16.  This occurred on three Dual Athlon motherboards Tyan 
> Tiger 760MP, Tyan Tiger 760MPX, and Tyan Thunder 760MPX running Red Hat 
> Linux 7.3 and 8.0.  I compiled my own custom kernel and using ext3 in 
> all cases.  Downgrading to any 2.4.19 ctx seems to make it 100% stable 
> again.
> 
> Things seem to be stable when load is low, however the kernel panics 
> readily during high I/O activity.  Load with PHP/MySQL transactions or 
> building several source trees at the same time on these machines seems 
> to trigger the kernel panic.
> 
> I'm driving down to one of the servers tomorrow in order to read the 
> kernel panic from the console.  Could someone provide exact instructions 
> for me to collect better debug info?
get http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/
read the manpage and use as much additional information
as possible, also collect a complete lspci -vvv listing
and the dmesg listing of your system boot ...
best,
Herbert
> Thanks,
> Warren Togami
> warren_at_togami.com