Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:41:53 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> Cc: FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD SMP list <FreeBSD-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hangs during 'make world -j4' on recent current Message-ID: <20001209174153.V53111@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200012090607.eB967Yr06047@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>; from jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 08:07:34AM %2B0200 References: <20001208124330.Z27667@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200012090607.eB967Yr06047@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>
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On Saturday, 9 December 2000 at 8:07:34 +0200, John Hay wrote: >> For over a week now, I have been unable to complete a 'make world' on >> my -CURRENT box if I specify -j4. The system hangs and is completely >> unresponsive. This is a dual Celeron and an Abit BP6 motherboard. As >> far as I can tell, nobody knows what's causing this, nor even how to >> attack the problem. I'd like to solicit feedback about the extent of >> the problem, the possible causes, and how to debug it. > > I have been building releases with WORLD_FLAGS=-j4 successfully on my > SMP box with a Dec 1 kernel for the past week. Yesterday I upgraded the > kernel and with the new kernel did a make world -j4 which completed with > no problems. And afterwards a make release with WORLD_FLAGS=-j4 also > finished with no problems. So -current isn't totally broken. It might > be timing related. My machine is an old dual 266MHz PII. How many processors does your machine have? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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