Re: MVME172 problems

[Dave Newbold <dave.newbold@cern.ch>]

Hi,

Lars Hecking wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have experience of this problem, or suggestions for a
> > solution? Is there source available for an m68k version of (e.g.) 2.2.16
> > anywhere?
> 
>  Get 2.2.17 and
>   > ftp://linux-mac68k.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-mac68k/patch-mac68k-2.2.17

Superb, many thanks.
 
>  But, I might add, I have never seen any ext2 problems on RedHat
>  5.0/5.1/5.2beta or Potato, on a wide range of kernels
>  2.0.33-36
>  2.2.6, 2.2.10, 2.2.16
>  2.3.6, 2.3.12, 2.3.22

Mysterious. I can reproduce the bug at will, and the symptoms correspond
to those reported for i386 kernels. Since the problem is a race
condition that appears under heavy load, perhaps it's related to the
not-too-blistering speed of the '172 CPU.

Cheers,

  Dave