Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]
On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 01:04:50PM -0500, William Herrin wrote:
> On 12/27/05, Josip Rodin <joy-sparc@debian.org> wrote:
>
> > What is this kernel problem, how does it manifest? Which branch, 2.4 or
> > 2.6?
> >
>
> I don't know if this is the same problem you're looking for, but here are
> the symptoms I've seen for kernels 2.6.11 and 2.6.12:
>
> On a Sparc netra X1, the system partially freezes (some stuff continues
> running but at least one of the operations necessary to log in gets stuck).
> The logs show that as of the moment of the freeze, the clock has jumped
> forward exactly 3 days, 6 hours,
> 11 minutes and 15 seconds. The change is not gradual; it jumps between
> syslog marks set a minute apart.
Same problem occurs occasionally on my Blade 100 (same CPU) with custom build
2.6.9. When the time is jumping 3 days and 6 hours, some things still work, but
usually things which involve a shell are so incredibly slow that I give up hope
and just reset the machine.
I have to admit that it's been a long while since I had the strange time jump.
For some reason, the system now seems to just freeze every now and again. I
don't know if all those freezes are related to the strange time jump; sometimes
I can't even move the mouse pointer and I don't find anything in syslog.
I don't know the situation is with 2.6.8 or with 2.6.10 or newer. I don't use
2.6.11 and newer since those have problems with the framebuffer / Xorg (2.6.14
from Debian fixes a lot, but there are still some issues).
This e-mail might sound a bit as a complaint, but I really do appreciate all the
hard work you are doing.
Best regards,
Admar
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