Re: deadlocks

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Apr 6, 2008, at 16:00, Frank Wille wrote:
> Michael Lorenz wrote:
>
> > > [...]
> > > deadlocks on my PowerMac single-G4 with NetBSD 3.1 from time to  
> > > time.
> > >
> > > I already reported that to you some time ago, and suspected it  
> > > has to do
> > > with the mac-audio driver. Now it looks to me that it is caused by
> > > high network load.
> >
> > That seems more likely, I haven't seen any awacs-related problem for
> > years.
> > What kind of network controller do you use? My G4's got a gigabit
> > gem, no problems so far and I've been torturing it quite a bit.
>
> It's a 100 MBit GMAC (although it's only allowed to run at 10 MBit  
> in my
> net, because it is on a hub together with some Amigas):
...

>    Vendor Name: Apple Computer (0x106b)
>     Device Name: GMAC Ethernet (0x0021)


Same here, I also have the 100MBit/s variant in my iBook.
Anyway, the deadlocks I'm seeing seem to come from filesystem locking.

have fun
Michael
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