[SlugBug] Of Linux, SMP, and CPU failure...?

[Chris J]

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Searching on Google right now, but can't find any information, so a quick 
question here -- when a CPU fails on a Linux SMP system, does anyone know 
what will happen (i.e., crash or L2 spit out lots of errors but still run 
but on one processor)?

My SMP box in Northampton has apparently started beeping making different 
frequency noises every 5 or 10 mins or so. Unfortuantly I can't remember 
what BIOS the machine has, but if it's an Award BIOS, this indicates a CPU
problem... possibly overheating... if it isn't an Award BIOS I have no
idea what's causing the beeps. Hopefully it'll survive 'til the weekend, or 
run on one CPU... (doing well though - 477 days uptime :-) ).

Time for a replacement machine I think - it's several years old (six or 
seven I think, possibly more).

Chris...

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