On Thu, Nov 12 2009, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > To rule out any potential hardware problems, have you run any extensive > > memory checks on this machine? > > God damn it. I ran memtest+ just a week or so ago and it was fine > through several passes; now it's failing badly. I'm inclined to send > Kingston a bill for a day and a half of wasted time. Auch, perhaps it's just seated badly? Power problems? Or yes, you just got crap RAM :/ > I didn't think back to memory since I'm used to memory problems in > userspace, where they cause wildly variable crashes. Of course, the > kernel's far more likely to stick data in the same spot, so it makes > sense that it doesn't cause as much volatility, leading to a bunch of > related-looking crashes. Well, at least it's a relief that it isn't a kernel issue :-) -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
