From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 03:14:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 03:14:20 -0400 Received: from [211.100.83.239] ([211.100.83.239]:14601 "HELO linux.tcpip.cxm") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 03:14:13 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:46:38 +0800 From: hugang To: PinkFreud Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Are we going too fast? Message-Id: <20010813214638.3596b83a.linuxbest@soul.com.cn> In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: Organization: soul X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.5.1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=GB2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 03:43:05 -0400 (EDT) PinkFreud wrote: > > I have installed various 2.4.x kernels on 3 seperate systems here. *ALL* > of them have suffered from one malady or another - from the dual PIII with > the VIA chipset and Matrox G400 card, which locks up nicely when I switch > from X to a text console and back to X (but NOT under a uniprocessor > kernel!), to the system with the NCR 53c810 SCSI board, which suffered > random kernel panics anywhere from 2 hours to 5 days after booting, due to > the ncr53c8xx driver, to YET ANOTHER system which has shown a penchant for > crashing (read: no response on console, can use magic sysrq, but fails to > emergency sync) when attempting to use 'ls' on a mounted QNX filesystem > (ls comes up fine, then system crashes - nothing sent to syslog, no errors > on screen, nothing!) - and this latest is with 2.4.8! > > sauron@rivendell:~$ uptime > 3:17AM up 12 days, 15:20, 2 users, load averages: 1.48, 0.66, 0.31 > sauron@rivendell:~$ uname -a > NetBSD rivendell 1.5.1 NetBSD 1.5.1 (RIVENDELL) #0: Tue Jul 31 22:58:54 > EDT 2001 root@rivendell:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RIVENDELL i386 > sauron@rivendell:~$ dmesg | grep -i sym > siop0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c810 (fast scsi) > > (The controller is old - it was made by NCR before it became Symbios Logic > - hence, why I was using the NCR driver for it, rather than the Symbios > driver, in Linux.) > > Working on 13 days uptime. That's well over twice the uptime for Linux on > that box. That's what happens when the kernel has bugs. > > Take this rant for what you will. Personally, I switched from Windows to > Linux 5 years ago for the stability. If I need to switch OSs again to > continue to have stability, I will. Somehow, I suspect, if kernel > development continues down this path, many others will wind up switching > to other OSs as well. > I think this problem can fix if your can report the crash message . (Oops,...) Beacuse the netbsd can work fine on it , So I true the linux kernel also can work fine on it. -- Best Regard! 礼! ---------------------------------------------------- hugang : 胡刚 GNU/Linux User email : gang_hu@soul.com.cn linuxbest@soul.com.cn Tel : +861068425741/2/3/4 Web : http://www.soul.com.cn Beijing Soul technology Co.Ltd. 北京众志和达科技有限公司 ----------------------------------------------------