On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 05:42:30PM +0200, Joel CARNAT wrote:
>  to be clear, here's what I did :)
> 1. install NetBSD 2.0, from multi-cd1.iso
> 2. NFS mount /usr/{src,obj,pkgsrc} from my NetBSD/i386
> 3. compile/install/test various kernel (with 2.0 userland).
> 
>  kernel I checked are : 2.0-RELEASE, 2.0_STABLE, 2.0_STABLE (with locore
> 1.204), 3.99.1 (the one for X support), 3.0_BETA.
> 
>  X was running only for 3.99.1.

ok.  X isn't causing it then.


> > you might try a -current kernel too, at least for long enough to see if
> > the hanging problem is there too.
> 
>  I checked "netbsd-3" (cvsed from ~ 12am).
>  I never succeed in compiling "pure" -current (I mean with no -r cvs
>  flag). I don't know what are the diff between -current and -netbsd-3.
>  I thought -netbsd-3 would be the more bleeding edge.

-current is always the most bleeding edge, but netbsd-3 is only a week or
two old so they haven't diverged much yet.


> > could you post the full output of dmesg from this box? 
> > 
> 
>  sure, see attached file.

thanks.


>  I dropped the IDE disk and replace it with "Symbios Logic
>  53c875"/"SEAGATE ST336706LW" - because I was told IDE on U10 sucks.
>  Indeed, the machine seems to stay UP a bit more longer.
>
> > I'll try running a 2.0.x kernel on my U10 soon and see if I can reproduce it.
> 
>  Another point, is I seem to have the problem ** only ** when compiling
>  src/pkgsrc (from local disk or NFS). If I leave my U10 alone (aka, just do
>  nothing but having it UP), it seems she doesn't freeze. It really looks
>  like compiling thing is what she dis-like.

hmm, that workload uses a lot of the kernel, it'll be useful to narrow that
down somehow.


>  I would have try to compile things from my NetBSD/i386 but it seems
>  it's not possible to cross-compile pkgsrc, true ?

not yet, but I'm told people are working on it.


-Chuck