Subject: how stable is 1.5.2 on sparc64
To: None <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Martti Kuparinen <martti.kuparinen@iki.fi>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 08/31/2001 13:16:03
Hi!

I'm getting kernel panic on my new NetBSD/sparc64 1.5.2:

kdb breakpoint at 0x1009c0
1 tt=4e tstate=9958000606 tpc=0x125b3b8 tnpc=0x125b3bc
Stopped at sparch_interrupt+0x38: wrpr %g0, 0x0, %tick
db> reboot
synching disks...
hme0: status=30001<GOTFRAME,RXTOHOST,NORXD>

After reading mailing list messages I found this:

    http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc/2001/01/23/0004.html

> Are you building a 1.5 kernel?  Don't -- switch to -current.  1.5 is
> obsolete on sparc64.  Too many bugs fixed in current.

Is this still valid, i.e. should I really switch to -current.
Or has the stability of sparc64 port improved much since 1.5?

Martti

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