Re: Release

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6726%twc.com@localhost>]

from Martin Husemann:

> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:01:54PM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
        
> > One is the entropy issue, which makes it very difficult to use
> > pkgsrc; some key packages can't build.

> This is the "waiting for randot" issue mentioned on the page and it is still
> open. It is totally trivial to work around and a one time setup issue though.

Not so trivial; seemed to work on one computer but not the other.
        
> > Other is the hard drive crash "Error reading fsbn ..", and then all I
> > can do is Reset or Ctrl-Alt-Esc to get into debugger and then "reboot",
> > which is not a clean reboot.
        
> I have no clue what this would be (besides a failing hard disk or totally
> broken interrupts on your concrete machine). Is there a PR for it?
        
> Martin  
        
Here is an excerpt from what I get:

wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623176 of 2391623176-2391623199 (wd1 bn 2391623176; cn 2372642 tn 0 sn 40), xfer e0, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623200 of 2391623200-2391623231 (wd1 bn 2391623200; cn 2372642 tn 1 sn 1), xfer 180, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout wrid: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-23916235; cn 2372642 tn 1 sn 33), xfer 220, retry 3
wd[ 908190.3274919] wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46), xfer e0, retry 2
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50), xfer 180, retry 2
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623596 of 2391623596-2391623627 (wd1 bn 2391623596; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 19), xfer 220, retry 2
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-2391623559 (wd1 bn 2391623532; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 18), xfer 40, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46), xfer e0, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50), xfer 180, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623596 of 2391623596-2391623627 (wd1 bn 2391623596; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 19), xfer 220, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-2391623559 (wd1 bn 2391623532; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 18), xfer 40, retry 4
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46), xfer e0, retry 4
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50), xfer 180, retry 4
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623596 of 2391623596-2391623627 (wd1 bn 2391623596; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 19), xfer 220, retry 4
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-2391623559 (wd1 bn 2391623532; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 18)
wd1d: error writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-2391623559 (wd1 bn 2391623532; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 18)
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46)
wd1d: error writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46)
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50)
wd1d: error writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50)
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623596 of 2391623596-2391623627 (wd1 bn 2391623596; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 19)

This continues forever, until I Reset or Ctrl-Alt-Esc to the debugger followed by "reboot".

Tom