5.3, amd64, k8s pro locked up just now

[Steve Kargl]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 07:48:54PM -0700, Tom Shafron wrote:
> --- Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 07:35:47PM -0700, Tom
> > Shafron wrote:
> > > My 5.3 amd64 just locked up.  Seems to be a similar
> > > problem to what Vivek has been describing.  The config
> > > is:
> > > 
> > > Tyan k8s pro (SATA version)
> > > 5.3 Release
> >   ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > This could be your problem (although Scott Long
> > fixes were for systems with >4 GB memory).
> > 
> > Since the system is lock-up at the moment, you
> > may want to take this oportunity to upgrade to
> > 5.4 RC2 or newer.
> > 
> 
> I'm kind of nervous about using 5.4 since it's not
> considered a "Release" version yet and I'm planning on
> using this for a production machine... that is
> assuming I can get it working properly ;)

As Kris said, 5.4 RC2 can't be any worse than a 
5.3 that locks your system up.  All kidding aside,
there were stability problems in 5.3 on amd64, and
some of those problems have been fixed in 5.4

-- 
Steve