Re: uptime >= 5.0

Nigel Metheringham (Nigel.Metheringham@ThePLAnet.net)
Wed, 01 Oct 1997 13:55:56 +0100


Marc Duponcheel wrote:
>
> marc@sparc-brew ~ $ [bash] rup
> localhost up 2 days, 14:35, load average: 0.06 0.16 0.10
> cross-brew.o up 2 days, 14:39, load average: 5.00 5.00 5.00
> sparc-brew.o up 2 days, 14:35, load average: 0.06 0.16 0.10
> linux-pc.off up 2 days, 14:40, load average: 0.08 0.02 0.01
> linux-amiga. up 16:27, load average: 5.00 5.00 5.00
> ipc-brew.off up 2 days, 14:15, load average: 0.38 0.16 0.11
>
> cross-brew and linux-amiga run 2.1.5x x>=6 and show uptimes >= 5.0
>
> Is this a 'feature' ?

We have seen processes get "stuck" on our SPARC boxes. They are running
the Red Hat 4.2 hacked 2.0.30 kernel. A process appears to hang - cannot
be killed etc, the load average increases by one per stuck process until
reboot.

No idea what else this is related to...

Nigel.

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