jcm@mtunb.ATT.COM (was-John McMillan) (08/19/89)
I'm curious about a customer's reported level of problems -- well beyond anything I've ever experienced, except with a few of my MOST-experimental kernels ];-). I'm polling to see if this is hitting anyone else. I'd appreciate E-mail (to: att!mtunb!jcm) if you: 1) are having multiple PANIC crashes per week 2) from NMI/Parity Errors -- Where the right-3 *hpte digits vary and the right-3 BSR1 digits vary Ie., I'm insensitive if you have REAL Parity Errors, Sorry ];-) 3) while running 3.51 kernels. It would speed things up if you include: a) Kernel version [a,c,c+...] and checksum [sum(1)]; b) A list of hardware (combo cards, printers&port used...); c) Environment -- circuit protection, home/office, etc; d) Any interesting usage details -- heavy traffic, programs typically running at time of crash. e) A phone number -- which is unlikely to be used; f) An E-MAIL ADDRESS THAT REALLY WORKS, or dial-in info! (Having muttered the above, note that in a just-previously posted "follow-up" I mentioned that pre-UNIX3.51C+ kernel/combo software there were vulnerabilities to RS-232-induced crashes -- mostly trap 4/trap 11 with garbage left in the PC [like address D8D26000].) Thanks -- john mcmillan -- att!mtunb!jcm