From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 4 12:54:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA03019 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:54:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA03012 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:54:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01797; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:53:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811042053.MAA01797@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange Error In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 04 Nov 1998 16:27:51 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 12:53:14 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a known bug in the current timer code; we are still trying to debug it. A dead chicken worth waving is to put options "NTIMECOUNTER=10" in your kernel config. You should also pass the details to Poul, as he may have things for you to try. Make sure you tell him you're seeing this on an Alpha. > Got this on the console: > > Nov 2 10:17:32 copper /kernel: calcru: negative time of -8067117 usec for > pid 23391 (cc) > > And buildworld exited with: > > cc -fpic -DPIC -DLIBC_RCS -DSYSLIBC_RCS -I/usr/src/3.0/src/lib/libc/include > -D__DBINTERFACE_PRIVATE -DPOSIX_MISTAKE > -I/usr/src/3.0/src/lib/libc/../libc/locale -DBROKEN_DES -DYP > -I/usr/obj/elf/usr/src/3.0/src/tmp/usr/include > -I/usr/src/3.0/src/lib/libc/alpha -c ioctl.S -o ioctl.so > *** Signal 24 > > Stop. > > Nasty, Eh? The system has 640MB of RAM and 256MB of swap. That is the > only thing running... > > > > > Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG > 770.265.7340 > Simon Shapiro > > Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message