Re: Is amd64 ready for the desktop?

["Blair Sadewitz" <blair.sadewitz%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 3/21/08, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> In fact, I do have one problem which does seem to be system related.
> Every once in a while the system just freezes solid. I can't even get
> the num lock or caps lock lights to change. All I can do is reboot.
> Since it is not an actual panic I don't even get a core file to
> investigate. I don't know if it is amd64 specific though as I have
> recently started serving home directories to my wife's computer so it
> may be related to NFS.

I am experiencing something which sounds a lot like this:  If I run
make (or gmake) with -j n where n>2, within ~10 minutes or less, the
system will hang as you've described.  Just wondering:  are you using
SCHED_M2?  I'm trying to narrow down what might be involved, since--as
you've pointed out--I cannot load ddb.  If someone has any insight
into what's going on, I'd be happy to provide more information, run
test code/patches, etc.

Regards,

--Blair