Subject: Re: siop driver running out of resources?
To: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/01/2002 22:57:49
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:25:43AM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> > Hum, looks like I forgot to protect access to the lists. Can you try the
> > attached patch ?
> 
> Well, there are two problems:
> 
> 1. The client never wants to see NetBSD again, and
> 
> 2. I don't have any way of building kernels, because I can't get
> the machines running to that point.
> 
> Since the client does have some spare disks, I would be willing to
> see if I can beg an hour or two of time on one of their DS-20s to
> try a system with this patch. However, I would need two things: a
> working snapshot that's new enough and a kernel with this patch.
> 
> I'm not sure what counts for "new enough" in terms of the snapshot;
> would 1.5W do? If not, someone would need to build a newer snapshot.

Just to test the kernel, this should be enouth.

> I'd also need a kernel with the patch. Which might be problematic
> in and of itself, given that the last current kernel I got wouldn't
> even boot the machine (though it apparently works fine on other
> machines.)

I've build you a kernel:
ftp://antioche.lip6.fr/pub/bouyer/tmp/netbsd-alpha-1.5ZA.gz

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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