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Solaris 8 reporting problem for CPU

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by keval 1 view

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I have a Sun U-60 server with four processors, recently the server kept rebooting as soon as it was logged in. The messages log says there is a pproblem with one of the processors. So i removed the processor it was complaing about and the system works fine. The error message is '[kern.warning]WARNING: Driver alias "cpu" conflicts with an existing driver name or alias.'
Any ideas as to how to fix the problem and get the processor working again.

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by kainx (mej

Does Solaris 8 have a module config file (a la /etc/modules.conf on Linux)? If so, try changing the alias to something different. cpu0 through cpu4, perhaps?

by fredim

well, this could be a greater problem... did the system work fine before, and just recently started doing this? and U-80, or E420, right?

well, the first step would be to go back through your logs, i would think there would be another line in your dmesg (or /var/adm/messages) that says something to the effect of "panic:[cpux] blah blah"

also, you may want to try booting up the system with the diag-switch? enabled. you'll get a lot more diagnostic output from the system as it boots up andchecks all the internal parts.

if you pulled the offending cpu and things are working, then the above steps will give you something so you can call sun and have them replace that cpu.

also, have you checked your OBP release, and installed the latest hw revision? those are avail from sunsolve.

fred

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