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Re: [HACKERS] urgent: upgraded to 8.2, getting kernel panics

Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>

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From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, postgres general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, devrim@commandprompt.com
Date: 2007-03-01T13:50:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general 
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 08:32:57AM -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> 
> Following an emergency downgrade back to 8.1, the kernel panics went
> away.  Note that I don't believe for a second that the database was
> the root cause here...research suggest that the problem is due to some
> type of bug in the scsi driver.  Exactly why 8.2 brings this out is a
> mystery...working on getting an enterprise kernel on the server.

Probably it's pushing some part of the I/O system harder than 8.1, thus
exposing the bug faster.

//Magnus