Re: NSLU2 running 5.0_RC not stable

[Donald T Hayford <don%donhayford.com@localhost>]

Luazi wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Donald T Hayford <don%donhayford.com@localhost> 
> wrote:
>   
> > When I boot a version I built in August 2008, but using the same world
> > (i.e., boot up a different kernel but use the same hard drive as root, thus
> > the same md5 program), I get the right answer.  Or at least the same answer
> > consistently.
> >     
>
> Interesting. I have just finished rebuilding my 4.99.70 tree and it is broken.
>
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = bf4a4904e1b1a03e1bb21cb4be542274
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = a1f8849ef4548c2982b15935fbdd3f37
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = bf4a4904e1b1a03e1bb21cb4be542274
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = bf4a4904e1b1a03e1bb21cb4be542274
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = bf4a4904e1b1a03e1bb21cb4be542274
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = bf4a4904e1b1a03e1bb21cb4be542274
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = 72e0f6214aa74040d3e53f2b51b9e08f
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = bf4a4904e1b1a03e1bb21cb4be542274
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = bf4a4904e1b1a03e1bb21cb4be542274
> slug# md5 pkgsrc.tar.bz2
> MD5 (pkgsrc.tar.bz2) = f503e04aa9b1ded9d602f319da688e5c
>
>   
I don't particularly like this test, since it isn't very definitive, but 
unfortunately I don't have a better one.  Does anybody know if there is 
something in the new ATF that might help here?

I dug back through some old kernels.  My build of 4.99.72 (about 
8/20/2008) failed a test similar to that above twice in 27 attempts.
My build of 4.99.55 (about 5/5/2008) failed zero times out of 50.  But, 
again, this isn't a very good test.

My guess is an interrupt problem.  Any ideas?

Regards, Don