5.3, amd64, k8s pro locked up just now

[Tom Shafron]

--- Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
wrote:
> 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
> 

Yup, I also have 5.3 running on a very similar i386
machine that is way more active (it's the main dev
machine) and it hasn't had a single problem.  Seems
that the issue is something specific to the amd64
release...

You're right, I'll give 5.4 a try.

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