Description of problem: dmesg : APIC error on CPU0: 60(60) [tons] BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! [<c044a0b7>] softlockup_tick+0x98/0xa6 [<c042cc98>] update_process_times+0x39/0x5c [<c04176ec>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5c/0x64 [<c04049bf>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x1f/0x24 [<c042ce26>] del_timer+0x44/0x47 [<f8eb7f7a>] ip_ct_iterate_cleanup+0xeb/0x116 [ip_conntrack] [<f8eb78ea>] kill_all+0x0/0x6 [ip_conntrack] [<f8eb8006>] ip_conntrack_cleanup+0x55/0xa7 [ip_conntrack] [<c043d45d>] sys_delete_module+0x192/0x1b9 [<c0448fab>] audit_syscall_entry+0x11c/0x14e [<c0403eff>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb ======================= Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 How reproducible: bullshit-bingo Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot 2. load disks (best : run vmware-ws 5.5.3) Actual results: not satisfacory
fallback resolution : will install rhel4 which never moaned
overwhelming support - for what do i pay redhat licenses ?
With lack of information such as HW platform that the problem is seen on, it is hard to diagnosis the issue. Can you please provide the information on what type of HW platform that this problem is seen on?