>Number:         35195
>Category:       port-alpha
>Synopsis:       "fpsave ipi didn't" PR #26383 - still happening on netbsd/alpha 3.1 smp kernel
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-alpha-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 06 20:20:01 +0000 2006
>Originator:     emiliano
>Release:        3.1
>Organization:
verdebinario
>Environment:
NetBSD indio 3.1 NetBSD 3.1 (GENERIC.MP) #0: Mon Oct 30 22:28:17 UTC 2006  builds@b0.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-1-RELEASE/alpha/200610302053Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-1-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/GENERIC.MP alpha

>Description:
I'm experiencing random panics on my dual processor AS4000.
sometimes the machine just hangs (always after days, weeks or months of smooth uptime) and there is nothing to do except a hard reboot...

the problem seems identical to PR #26383.

can anybody confirm this?
>How-To-Repeat:
problem seems to arise randomly
>Fix:
none. (downgrading to a 2.1 kernel does not look like a good idea)

i've seen this problem before using the 2.0 kernel.
after upgrading to 2.1 it disappeared (maybe was fixed?).

Now I've upgraded to 3.1 and
I'm stuck on a debugger screen with a
"fpsave ipi didn't" message again!