Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 13:10:21 +0100 From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> To: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com>, mjg@freebsd.org, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r313268 - head/sys/kern [through -r313271 for atomic_fcmpset use and later: fails on PowerMac G5 "Quad Core"; -r313266 works] Message-ID: <20170302121021.GA32682@dft-labs.eu> In-Reply-To: <A949940F-DA18-4179-8C4F-956BE895E0EA@dsl-only.net> References: <5D5235E1-6F84-4329-8ED5-35FCDB0A6A71@dsl-only.net> <20170225002300.GC19697@dft-labs.eu> <12339EDD-5663-40E0-8553-821EF9B6CDEB@dsl-only.net> <EB9DBDFA-BAE9-4BFF-8E8B-BF7698362A11@dsl-only.net> <477BA631-AB85-4E77-8BA3-CD2AFAD5E405@dsl-only.net> <B38C6E4C-DC41-44A6-A99B-CD6FA5CB105C@dsl-only.net> <9A63B36E-5F81-4ECD-A2A2-AB442AAC26A6@dsl-only.net> <20170225193103.GA4379@dft-labs.eu> <20170301061350.GA22378@dft-labs.eu> <A949940F-DA18-4179-8C4F-956BE895E0EA@dsl-only.net>
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 09:45:07AM -0800, Mark Millard wrote: > > On 2017-Feb-28, at 10:13 PM, Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 08:31:04PM +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 09:58:39AM -0800, Mark Millard wrote: > >>> Thus the PowerMac G5 so-called "Quad Core" is back to > >>> -r313254 without your patches. (The "Quad Core" really has > >>> two processors, each with 2 cores.) > >>> > >> > >> > >> Thanks a lot for testing. I'll have to think what to do with it, worst > >> case I'll #ifdef changes with powerpc. > >> > > > > Should be fixed with r314474. Got a real powerpc to test on (60 cores), > > was able to lock it up in seconds. Now it is perfectly stablle. > > > > -- > > Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik gmail.com> > > The updated so-called "Quad Core" PowerMac G5 used for > TARGET_ARCH=powerpc64 was able to do a self hosted > buildworld buildkernel for -r314479 just fine. > Cool. > Thanks much for the fixes: Now I can track head again > for powerpc64. > Well it was my breakage to begin with. > > Summary of the transition interval: > > So for powerpc64 (and powerpc?) It is a good > idea to avoid anything that is after -r313254 > and before -r314474 in head. (Would this be > appropriate for a UPDATING notice given its > span?) > > There may be other architectures that might have > a similar status(?): the last fixes involved were > not in Machine Dependent code. (Some architectures > are apparently insensitive to the errors, such as > amd64). > When following current you are expected to be on the newest revision, so I don't think mentioning interim broken releases makes much sense. -- Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik gmail.com>
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