Re: dual CPU system hangs

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

In article <51E66514.5080600%groessler.org@localhost>,
Christian Groessler  <chris%groessler.org@localhost> wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>I have a dual CPU PowerMac, and when building the tree with -j 3 the 
>system hangs after some time (1 or 2 hours).
>
>It looks like it cannot create new processes. When I try to run a 
>program on an already open shell, it simply hangs,
>^C doesn't get me back to the prompt.
>
>Is there a way to enter DDB with an USB keyboard? In the FAQ I only 
>found a way with an ADB keyboard (Command-Option-Power)?
>Or how can I try to debug this?
>
>
>Another thing, I get many warnings on the console, like
>
>gem0: discarding oversize frame (len=21845)
>gem0: discarding oversize frame (len=7132)
>gem0: receive error: CRC error
>gem0: receive error: CRC error
>gem0: receive error: CRC error
>gem0: discarding oversize frame (len=21845)
>gem0: discarding oversize frame (len=7132)
>
>
>It seems to be the same as PR31858. Is there any progress on that?

Have you tried duplex settings suggested in the PR?

>I'm running -current from three days ago.

Leave a loop running vmstat and netstat -m every second on a window
and see what happens when it hangs.

christos