RE: Cerberus testing of 2.4.17-rc1

M. Edward Borasky (znmeb@aracnet.com)
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 21:37:48 -0800


Has this been fixed?
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M. Edward Borasky
znmeb@borasky-research.net
http://www.borasky-research.net

> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Bob Matthews > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 8:15 AM > To: Marcelo Tosatti; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: Cerberus testing of 2.4.17-rc1 > > > Bob Matthews wrote: > > > Hardware: 8 x PIII, 16G RAM, 20G Swap, 2 x Sym53c899. > > Kernel: 2.4.17-rc1, configured with SMP, HIGHMEM=64G, plus necessary > > drivers. > > > > After 10-30 minutes of testing (it's different each time) the machine > > starts to slow down. Eventually, the machine appears to stall > > completely. The timer for the test harness continues to tick, and I can > > change virtual consoles, so the machine is not completely hung. When > > the machine gets into this state, the test suite stops making progress. > > Also, input typed to the virtual consoles is not echoed. > > > > <SysRq><P> <T> and <M> print only the column headings, but not any data, > > so that is as complete a bug report as I can give you at this time. > > The machine never made any more observable progress, and eventually > oopsed after approx. 48 hours.

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