Subject: Re: Recent macppc kernels hang under load
To: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
From: Alex Zepeda <zipzippy@sonic.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/30/2003 01:02:58
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 05:10:39PM -0700, Chuck Silvers wrote:

> well, I tried a bunch of tests this this afternoon and I couldn't get
> anything to fail with SIGILLs or anything like that.  could you guys
> give some more details on exactly what goes wrong and what the machine
> is doing when it happens?

Well, I doubt I'm seeing the same problems.. but the Beige G3 does the
following:

Hangs occasionally.  Sometimes I'll wake up and find that the system will
only respond to the three fingered salute.

Hangs whenever I try and make use of gdb.  Easiliy repeatable.

- alex