Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 16:50:57 -0400 From: "Matthew R. Briggs" <mbriggs@switchboard.net> To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>, FreeBSD-Current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP Problem Message-ID: <357C4EB1.BAE53A72@switchboard.net> References: <199806081817.NAA02362@dyson.iquest.net>
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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
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