Re: Problems with XFS patch and SMP
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 04:26:03PM -0500, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> Bug#171943 reports that dictd 1.8.0 fails to start with the
> following error message:
>
> daemon@amalthea:~$ /usr/sbin/dictd -d nofork
> :I: 2535 starting dictd 1.8.0/rf on Linux 2.4.19-xfs Tue Dec 3 23:43:09 2002
> dictd (dict_index_open): Cannot mmap index file "/dev/null(dict_index_open) Cannot mmap index file "/dev/nulldict_index_open: No such device
> (dict_index_open) dict_index_open: No such device
that looks like it may be a configuration error....why else would it be
trying to mmap /dev/null?
> I have not experienced any problems with this version in woody,
> sarge or sid, using a 2.4.18 kernel, and I have not received any other
> similar bug reports.
>
> The reporter is running a 2.4.19 kernel with the XFS patch and
> SMP support. Are there any known issues with the XFS patch and SMP
> support that could contribute to this problem?
not that i've noticed. i've been running 2.4.19 & XFS on my SMP
workstation for over a month without any problems at all.
Linux siva.taz.net.au 2.4.19-xfs #1 SMP Sat Nov 2 14:31:23 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
> Is anyone running dictd with a 2.4.19 kernel with the XFS patch and
> SMP support?
i'm running the dict client on this machine, but not the dict server.
i'm running the server on another machine (currently running ancient
kernel 2.4.9 with XFS patches).
i just installed dictd 1.8.0-1 and one small dictionary (dict-elements)
to test it. it seems to run and answer queries without problems.
running it with "dictd -d nofork" shows:
root@siva [11:04:49] ~# /usr/sbin/dictd -d nofork
:I: 1493 starting dictd 1.8.0/rf on Linux 2.4.19-xfs Mon Dec 9 11:05:02 2002
:I: elements 130 2075 15076 46260
a query for "potassium" results in the following output:
:C: "dict 1.8.0/rf on Linux 2.4.19-xfs"
:D: * "potassium" 1
:I: quit: d/m/c = 1/0/7; 0.000r 0.000u 0.000s
if you have any other tests you'd like me to run, i'll leave dictd
installed here for a day or two...then i'll remove it.
craig
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