Re: 2.1.128 Lock

Simon Kirby (sim@netnation.com)
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 10:49:55 -0800 (PST)


On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Jeremy Katz wrote:

> Michael H. Warfield said:
> > A number of us are experiencing similar problems. One burning
> > question I have for everyone who has experienced this... Was the kernel
> > built with SMP disabled? There are at least three other threads relating
> > to this problem. So far, everyone who has gotten back to me claims that
> > they built with SMP disabled. If anyone is experiencing this with SMP
> > enabled, even on a uniprocessor box, that would disprove the theory.
> > I would also like others who are experiencing this with SMP disabled to
> > rebuild with SMP enabled and try again...
>
> I am also running with SMP disabled. But, last night when I tried to
> duplicate it, I was unable to. If I can get a reliable way to replicate
> it, I am planning on following Andrea Arcangali's advice to try out
> arca-19 to see if it helps since it probably has something to do with the
> scheduler and kswap changes. Unfortunately, if I can't reliably reproduce
> it though, it's not worthwhile. Suggestions?

It took a while, but I was able to duplicate it at least 3 times with
arca-19 applied.

I have not tried compiling with SMP yet.

Simon-

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