Subject: Re: send-pr? supposed lock-up in network stack
To: Rudi Ludwig <rudihl@gmx.de>
From: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
List: port-hp700
Date: 10/06/2005 16:23:32
On 10/6/05, Rudi Ludwig <rudihl@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> hello all:
>
> as previously posted I run a 712/60 - 32 MB with
> NetBSD 3.99.8 diskless mode.
>
> So I typically log in with two xterms one for top
> to see about swap and another to do the work.
>
> Already happened 3 times, that the terminals froze
> with top showing 0% interrupt and 0% idle.
>
> Trying to ping the 712, it is not responding. But
> the power-switch is still recognized. It prints
> to the console but the shut-down hangs at unmounting
> the filesystems, no surprise since they are on the
> network.
>
> So I suspect that there is a lock-up somewhere in
> the network code.
>
> Would it make sense to post this as a PR? Or goes
> port-hp700 as work in progress without tracking?
>
> Is there a way to further narrow the problem down?
> My next will be to set up a serial console connection
> and see wether this continues to work.

These are just random mutterings from me:

You're using nfs, so even if you could do a system dump, it wouldn't work..=