Re: Note: two files changed and hashes/signatures updated for NetBSD 8.1

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6725%twc.com@localhost>]

> The only differences between the old and the new hashes file were, as
> expected:

>   - NetBSD-8.1/images/NetBSD-8.1-mac68k.iso  
>   - NetBSD-8.1/images/NetBSD-8.1-macppc.iso
>   - their aliases in NetBSD-8.1/iso/
>   - all .torrent files
>   - the PGP signature
        
> We hope the improved internal receipe will avoid similar errors in the
> future, and als will try to more fully automate the process.

> Sorry if this caused any trouble - and hoping to announce the start
> of the NetBSD-10 release cycle very soon.


> Martin Husemann  

Does there look to be a fix in the entropy bug?

This bug relates to entropy and how it impedes building many packages in pkgsrc.

I seemed to get around this bug on one computer but not the other.

Other bug is longer-standing and plagued me in NetBSD 8.99.51 and again in 9.99.82.

Do there look to be improvements in how NetBSD handles hard drives that would be affected by that bug?

That bug causes device timeouts on some types of hard drive but not all.

Sample output is, excerpt from /var/run/dmesg.boot on the following reboot:

ut writing fsbn 2391623168 of 239162391623560 of 2391623560-2391623568; cn 2372642 tn 0 sn 32), xfer 40, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623176 of 2391623176-2391623199 (wd1 bn 2391623176; cn 2372642 tn 0 sn 40), xfer e0, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623200 of 2391623200-2391623231 (wd1 bn 2391623200; cn 2372642 tn 1 sn 1), xfer 180, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout wrid: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-23916235; cn 2372642 tn 1 sn 33), xfer 220, retry 3
wd[ 908190.3274919] wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46), xfer e0, retry 2
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50), xfer 180, retry 2
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623596 of 2391623596-2391623627 (wd1 bn 2391623596; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 19), xfer 220, retry 2
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-2391623559 (wd1 bn 2391623532; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 18), xfer 40, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46), xfer e0, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50), xfer 180, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623596 of 2391623596-2391623627 (wd1 bn 2391623596; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 19), xfer 220, retry 3
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-2391623559 (wd1 bn 2391623532; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 18), xfer 40, retry 4
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46), xfer e0, retry 4
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50), xfer 180, retry 4
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623596 of 2391623596-2391623627 (wd1 bn 2391623596; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 19), xfer 220, retry 4
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-2391623559 (wd1 bn 2391623532; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 18)
wd1d: error writing fsbn 2391623532 of 2391623532-2391623559 (wd1 bn 2391623532; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 18)
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46)
wd1d: error writing fsbn 2391623560 of 2391623560-2391623563 (wd1 bn 2391623560; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 46)
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50)
wd1d: error writing fsbn 2391623564 of 2391623564-2391623595 (wd1 bn 2391623564; cn 2372642 tn 6 sn 50)
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623596 of 2391623596-2391623627 (wd1 bn 2391623596; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 19)
wd1d: error writing fsbn 2391623596 of 2391623596-2391623627 (wd1 bn 2391623596; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 19)
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623628 of 2391623628-2391623659 (wd1 bn 2391623628; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 51), xfer 40, retry 0
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623660 of 2391623660-2391623687 (wd1 bn 2391623660; cn 2372642 tn 8 sn 20), xfer e0, retry 0
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623688 of 2391623688-2391623691 (wd1 bn 2391623688; cn 2372642 tn 8 sn 48), xfer 180, retry 0
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623692 of 2391623692-2391623723 (wd1 bn 2391623692; cn 2372642 tn 8 sn 52), xfer 220, retry 0
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623628 of 2391623628-2391623659 (wd1 bn 2391623628; cn 2372642 tn 7 sn 51), xfer 40, retry 1
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623660 of 2391623660-2391623687 (wd1 bn 2391623660; cn 2372642 tn 8 sn 20), xfer e0, retry 1
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623688 of 2391623688-2391623691 (wd1 bn 2391623688; cn 2372642 tn 8 sn 48), xfer 180, retry 1
wd1d: device timeout writing fsbn 2391623692 of 2391623692-2391623723 (wd1 bn 2391623692; cn 2372642 tn 8 sn 52), xfer 220, retry 1

When this happens, computer is halted.  All I can do, other than Reset button, is Ctrl-Alt-Esc to get into debugger, and then reboot.

This does not happen all the time, there may be several days uptime, sometimes over 30 days, before I get this crash.

Have either of these bugs been fixed in more current code. more current than NetBSD 9.99.82?

I don't want to go through the trouble of updating NetBSD installation only to find one or both of these bugs still active.

Tom