From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Dec 8 23:44:21 2000 From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 23:44:18 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za (zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za [146.64.24.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D640237B400; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 23:44:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jhay@localhost) by zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eB97hwW08236; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 09:43:58 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from jhay) From: John Hay Message-Id: <200012090743.eB97hwW08236@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> Subject: Re: Hangs during 'make world -j4' on recent current In-Reply-To: <20001209174153.V53111@wantadilla.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Dec 9, 2000 05:41:53 pm" To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 09:43:58 +0200 (SAT) Cc: jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za (John Hay), FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD current users), FreeBSD-smp@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD SMP list) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: jhay@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >> 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? 2 John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message