linux-kernel - Re: nfsd, v4: oops in find_acceptable_alias, ppc32 Linux, post-2.6.27-rc1

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Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:12:53 -0400
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject:  Re: nfsd, v4: oops in find_acceptable_alias, ppc32 Linux,   post-2.6.27-rc1

Paul Collins wrote:
> Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au> writes:

>> Also, how old is the machine? Any chance you're just seeing random
>> memory corruption?
> 
> It's about four years old.  It was in storage for about six months and I
> got it repaired a few weeks ago (display cable and inverter).  The sort
> of crazy crap I've been reporting certainly smacks of memory corruption.
> But on the other hand, 2.6.25 (Debian's) and 2.6.26 (my own) have been
> trouble-free.
> 
While it is possible that the new kernel tickles a hardware bug and all 
the old ones don't, I would put my $ on the kernel being the issue.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot

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