Re: 1.0.9b-pre2 uploaded (2.2.13 SMP testing)

From: Jesse Pollard <pollard@cats-chateau.net>
Subject: Re: 1.0.9b-pre2 uploaded (2.2.13 SMP testing)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 14:59:51 -0600

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Hi Amon,

I rebuilt the kernel starting from a base 2.2.13 SMP configuration, added
the tarball and configured the maintenance kernel.

It did get farther in the boot, but it crashed (rather than hung). I also
tried a uniprocessor version to see if there were any differences between
them. It crashed too.

This may have something to do with my processor type since the uniprocessor
version works for you. I'm using a dual PPro (tyan S1662D). Compilers are
gcc 2.7.2.3. There are a few other custom restructuring done:
1. All disk controllers are modules except BT958 and BT948
2. my /var directory tree is on IDE, so I have to install modules before
   anything else runs.
3. I'm not doing the devpts file system.

The dump that occured was minimal. All of the RSBAC init modules completed:

rsbac_init(): setting RSBAC auto timer	 <---previous hang occurred before this
Freeing unused kernel memory: 68k freed 
INIT: version 2.76 booting
<usual stuff here> scsi0 reports, scsi1 reports, adding swap
then:

Updating module dependancies for Linux 2.2.13.smp-rsbac-maint.pre2

wait_on_bh, CPU 0:
irq: 0 [0 0]
     1 [0 1]
<[c010b270]><[c010b278]><[c01a12bd]><[c01a1dee]><[c01a7a71]>

This repeated after approx 15 seconds(this is rough estimate, made after I
wrote down the first line, by then there were 4 more) with trace lines
with the same addresses.

If I have decoded the System.map file correctly the addresses are in the
routines of:

 	c010b230 T synchronize_bh	(symbol preceeding address c010b270)
	c010a100 t common_interrupt
 	c01a11a4 t do_con_write
	c01a1dd0 t con_write
	c01a78fc t opost_block

I haven't yet loaded the other partition with 2.3.47.

PS. I've tried to force the server at www.cats-chateau.net to use the name
    www.cats-chateau.net. Hopefully the "kitten.navo.hpc.mil" reference will
    not show up again (kitten is the internal name).
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Jesse I Pollard, II
Email: pollard@cats-chateau.net

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