Re: PR/53280 CVS commit: src/sys/compat/netbsd32

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR kern/53280; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
	gson%gson.org@localhost (Andreas Gustafsson)
Cc: 
Subject: Re: PR/53280 CVS commit: src/sys/compat/netbsd32
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 09:37:08 -0400

 On May 13,  1:35pm, gson%gson.org@localhost (Andreas Gustafsson) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: PR/53280 CVS commit: src/sys/compat/netbsd32
 
 |  Nor could I at the time, but I just came up with a possible
 |  explanation.  The bpfjit tests (and subsequent ones) may be generating
 |  console output fast enough that the 9600 bps serial console can't keep
 |  up, so it gets buffered in the tty driver, and the serial port is
 |  still outputting buffered data from the bpfjit test when the fdpass
 |  test triggers the panic.
 
 This is why we should strive to make tests print less information by default
 (in non-debugging mode). Silence (or near silence) is golden...
 
 christos