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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!newshub.cts.com!news15.crl.com!nntp.crl.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!uunet!in2.uu.net!nwnewsold.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!evt-pm0-ip3.halcyon.com!user From: markus@halcyon.com (Mark Hastings) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: VM_FALTs with AMD486 and VIA chip set. Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 08:33:01 -0800 Organization: Aegis Group Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <markus-2608960833010001@evt-pm0-ip3.halcyon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: evt-pm0-ip3.halcyon.com Hi, I have a number of systems running NetBSD 1.1, on a board from TriEMS. They use the AMD486DX4/100 with the write back cache. We are seeing spontaneous VM_FALTS. All boards seem to do it sooner or later. Some systems may crash frequently and others, one or twice a month. I wrote a simple script that runs about 40 instances of "find". This will crash almost any system within 1 to 5 minutes, but we can't seem to figure out if we have a hardware or software problem, or a combination of both. Anyone have any ideas what to check? BTW, these boards seem to run just fine with OS/2 or Windows. Mark -- Mark Hastings markus@halcyon.com