Re: earmv7hf test status, specifically utimensat

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

> On Aug 30, 2018, at 10:21 AM, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> It turns out the system I found this on was....  mounted noatime, just
> like the install image does by default.  I had not set up tmpfs, even
> though I usually do.
> 
> Adding a tmpfs makes the test pass.
> 
> Also, when I said lockup, what really happened was that the system was
> running but the usb wifi interface wedged:
> 
>  Aug 30 11:00:20 rpi3 /netbsd: urtwn0: timeout waiting for firmware readiness

I see this all the bloody time on my RPI, and it drives me batty.

>  obviously noatime is about not breaking uSD cards, but I wonder if
>  that's still necessary with modern cards?

Yes.

>  the rpi3 image seems to default to noatime, and  I wonder if that
>  should continue to be, given the balance of saving wear and oddness

Honestly, atime is one of the dumbest file attributes there is.  Personally, I think we should be defaulting to noatime unless running some sort of conformance test.

-- thorpej