From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 20 15:05:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F70616A4D3 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:05:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6500343D2F for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:05:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i7KF51Fv023242 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:05:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@bunrab.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i7KF51pT023241 for current@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:05:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:05:01 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <200408201505.i7KF51pT023241@bunrab.catwhisker.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: No lockup during "make -j8 buildworld" today X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:05:01 -0000 During the past several days, it was more usual than not to get a lockup during "make -j8 buildworld" on my SMP (2x886 MHz PIII) machine. This morning, I decided to give it a try, and had no problems: freebeast(5.3)[1] uname -a FreeBSD freebeast.catwhisker.org 5.3-ALPHA FreeBSD 5.3-ALPHA #56: Fri Aug 20 07:26:27 PDT 2004 root@freebeast.catwhisker.org:/common/S3/obj/usr/src/sys/FREEBEAST i386 freebeast(5.3)[2] Since the symptom was rather erractic, I'm unprepared to say the the problem is actually fixed -- and note that the machine was running yesterday's kernel when I built today's -- but it certainly feels like progress. :-) [And I'm reasonably confident that this is not a hardware issue; the same machine also tracks RELENG_4 on a daily basis, and the "make buildworld" also uses -j8 for RELENG_4.] Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Evidence of curmudgeonliness: becoming irritated with the usage of the word "speed" in contexts referring to quantification of network performance, as opposed to "bandwidth" or "latency."