Subject: Re: NetBSD/sparc 1.6 hangs
To: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
From: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/27/2002 08:38:08
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 02:36:01PM +0200, Hauke Fath wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> my ss10 running stock 1.6 with a
> 
> 	NetBSD 1.6_STABLE (PIZZA) #3: Sat Oct 19 00:45:25 CEST 2002
> 
> kernel locks up fairly reproducably under high load, like doing a full
> build and the daily cron job or an Amanda backup run kicking in. The
> file-systems are ffs mounted with softdep.
> 
> Breaking into the debugger (serial console) gives me
...

> Is this a 'known problem'? And/or should I send-pr?


this is the first I've heard of this problem.

if you get several stack traces (and let the system run a bit between them),
is it always stuck in the same place?  if you set a breakpoint on mi_switch(),
is the breakpoint triggered?

-Chuck