Subject: Re: freeze with lorecore.s (v1.204)
To: Joel CARNAT <joel@carnat.net>
From: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 03/27/2005 10:34:11
you're using X on this box now, right?  if so, perhaps the hangs are related
to that.  could you try running it with a serial console (and without X)
and see if you can still reproduce the hangs in that configuration?

-Chuck


On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 09:55:31AM +0100, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> as I suspected, I already had the "correct" locore.s version (1.204) and
> my U10 still hangs... I had a vmstat running in another console which
> said :
> ####################################
>  procs    memory      page                       disks      faults cpu
>  r b w    avm    fre  flt  re  pi   po   fr   sr m0 w0 c0   in   sy  cs us sy id
>  1 0 0 174984 269768 3347   0   0    0    0    0  0  5  0 1864 1914 525 19 16 65
>  0 0 0 174968 269784 2130   0   0    0    0    0  0  4  0 2137 1749 504 11 18 71
>  1 0 0 175064 269680 2502   0   0    0    0    0  0 10  0 1934 1671 462 22 15 63
>  1 0 0 175768 268864 5064   0   0    0    0    0  0  2  0 1639 2965 432 22 20 58
>  0 0 0 175104 269640 1469   0   0    0    0    0  0  4  0 2070 1586 512 10 12 78
>  0 0 0 175120 269616 3841   0   0    0    0    0  0  4  0 1839 2298 457 18 23 59
>  0 0 0 175128 269616 2141   0   0    0    0    0  0  5  0 2077 1712 485 13 10 76
>  0 0 0 175152 269584 2467   0   0    0    0    0  0  5  0 1764 1741 464 18 14 68
>  0 0 0 175144 269600 2129   0   0    0    0    0  0  4  0 2088 1739 500 14 15 71
>  0 0 0 175168 269576 2477   0   0    0    0    0  0  5  0 1912 1756 474 17 15 68
>  0 0 0 175168 269576 3510   0   0    0    0    0  0  5  0 2065 2262 492 13 23 63
>  1 0 0 175096 269640 6104   0   0    0    0    0  0  4  0 1449 2405 559 31 23 46
>  2 0 0 176528 268048 10450   0   0    0    0    0  0  2  0 1102 3102 607 56 33 11
>  1 0 0 177184 267504 19602   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0 1062 5158 908 26 58 16
>  1 0 0 175528 269144 10330   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0 1727 5377 851 54 37  9
>  1 0 0 176304 268248 9104   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0 1313 2936 644 62 29  9
>  0 0 0 176712 267840 20142   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0 1238 5511 919 26 61 13
> ####################################
> then freeze ! it was compiling wm/openbox (but it already freezed in
> previous step of build - libs, ...)
> there's nothing on the monitor, keyboard don't work, network is down,
> the system is not on ddb. All I can do if switch the power off/on
> 
> I don't really know what to check exactly...
> If anyone has ideas of what to run during compilation to get
> usefull infos, just tell me... the machine freeze rather quickly so I
> can do testing rather often. Then I could fill a usefull PR.
> 
> Dans l'?pisode pr?c?dent (Fri, Mar 18 2005 - 18:15), Joel CARNAT nous apprenait que :
> > Dans l'?pisode pr?c?dent (Sat, Mar 19 2005 - 00:47), Takeshi Nakayama nous apprenait que :
> > > >>> Joel CARNAT <joel@carnat.net> wrote
> > > 
> > > > > Do the lockups happen during heavy paging activity?
> > > > > I have 256MB, so most things compile without any swapping, even with XFCE4 and a bunch of other apps running.
> > > > 
> > > >  I think I have enough memory :)
> > > >  I've restart compilation for openbox and run "systat 2 vmstat" on
> > > >  another console... I'll see what it says.
> > > 
> > > Would you please use a kernel compiled with a sparc64/locore.s of
> > > -current (rev. 1.204)?
> > > 
> > 
> >  I've check my -current source tree and it seems I have the right
> > version (/* $NetBSD: locore.s,v 1.204 2005/02/12 21:32:56 chs Exp $ */).
> > 
> >  I'm actually compiling the kernel again, just to make sure the last
> >  one already has the right locore... take a bit of time as I 'rm
> >  /usr/obj*' each time :)
> > 
> >  I'll let you know what's new as I have an easy crash test scenario.
> > 
> > > Some great improvemet has done in this revision, then I has been
> > > using a netbsd-2 kernel and -current's locore.s on my Netra X1 with
> > > no trouble over a month.
> > 
> >  I read about it in a previous thread - that's why I was surprised my
> >  damm U10 still freeze.
> > 
> > > 
> > > -- Takeshi Nakayama
> > 
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