From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jun 8 13:48:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA04861 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:48:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pop02.globecomm.net (pop02.globecomm.net [207.51.48.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04811; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:47:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mbriggs@switchboard.net) Received: from switchboard.net (gw2.iridium.com [208.226.76.6]) by pop02.globecomm.net (8.8.8/8.8.0) with ESMTP id QAA14066; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:53:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <357C4EB1.BAE53A72@switchboard.net> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 16:50:57 -0400 From: "Matthew R. Briggs" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG CC: "Scot W. Hetzel" , FreeBSD-Current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP Problem References: <199806081817.NAA02362@dyson.iquest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG John S. Dyson wrote: > There is a problem in the SMP code. It is fragile, and there are > still timing dependencies. The bugs that I have been working on > are like an onion, I keep getting more and more after peeling > it... In the future, I am going to ask people to remember (if > they can) how to hose their systems. It looks like that my > recent patch sets only cover up other problems (often making > them worse.) > > I think that I am going to go back to the "drawing board" on this > thing. > John, With an unpatched -current SMP kernel, my machine is very easily and predictably hosed. I stand ready and able to assist...I've even learned a bit more about the kernel debugger. Let me know what I can do! Matt Briggs mbriggs@switchboard.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message