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Hello,

> ... and "as per the other thread", Sparc64 will crash if threaded apps
> will start swapping.
Exactly.

> I've seen a patch on the list (Chuck Silvers, 01/26/2005) that's 
> supposed
> to cure Sparc/Sparc64+threads+swapping crashes.  I'm not sure whether 
> it's
> supposed to work on 2.0.1, though - it'll definitely need some manual
> adjustments.
For me it prevents kernel panics, but the programs crash instead. ( I'm 
running 2.0 with a -current kernel on an U10 with 256MB )

> What would be your recommendation to tackle this issue?
>
>   - rebuild perl without threads?
This should avoid the problem

>   - patch the kernel with Chuck's patch?
Definitely a good idea. At least you won't get kernel panics anymore ( 
hopefully )

>   - run without Swap unless this is integrated in the "normal" 2.0.1
>     source tree?
Not sure, some programs get funny if there's no swap, even if you have 
plenty of RAM ( like on my iBook - it has 640MB RAM, but gcc refuses to 
compile QT without an active swap space for some weird reason, although 
it works fine on other boxes where RAM+swap is less than 640MB )

> I'm a bit unsure what might be the best way to tackle this now...
I guess avoiding native threads is the way to go for now - I'm not sure 
if pkgsrc still uses pth if it's installed...

good luck
Michael
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