Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2007-06-27 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 04:01:15PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote: > > It does seem to have issues -- kernel 2.6.19.2 had crashed at one point > > soon after the buildd started running, and I seem to see some three more > > 'down' entries now with 2.6.22-rc5... elmo might know more. > > Perhaps you coul

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2007-06-27 Thread Clint Adams
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:53:37PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > Right now I see some 42 *_sparc.deb files in there, so it seems like it > might be approaching a working state of some sort. It does seem to have > issues -- kernel 2.6.19.2 had crashed at one point soon after the buildd > started runni

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2007-06-27 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 02:57:15PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > I finally plugged in that Fire 280R last night! :) It took some time, but > > it's there. > > The machine currently has 2 GB RAM memory and two 750 MHz processors. > > Now it's better in that regard than both auric and spontini, whi

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2007-02-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 06:28:59AM -0800, Earl Violet wrote: > I sometimes come across Sun components while salvaging computers. If > I know what is needed/wanted, I will put things aside. I am in > Tucson, Arizona, USA. There are many components I am not familiar > with but I will try. That will

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2007-02-24 Thread Earl Violet
I sometimes come across Sun components while salvaging computers. If I know what is needed/wanted, I will put things aside. I am in Tucson, Arizona, USA. There are many components I am not familiar with but I will try. Earl URL http://deserthowler.cjb.net Instant messenger: earlcoyote ICQ:640334

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2007-02-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 10:20:16AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > Yesterday I decommissioned that 280R and it's now waiting in a storage > > room. I'll find some extra disks and plug them in, as well as a > > permanent place in a network rack. > > I finally plugged in that Fire 280R last night! :)

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2007-01-27 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 01:45:28PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > > sparc will be removed from consideration until we no longer have to > > > worry about OpenOffice builds (or other intensive package builds) > > > crashing the buildd machines. > > > > I have a few Ultra5 machines available, as well

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2006-01-17 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 01:45:28PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > I don't know what kind of memory [280R] machines use, and judging by the > price of extra CPUs I doubt I'll be able to afford buying more The Sun handbook says they are 232-pin 7ns memory modules. $400 for a gigabyte at http://www.memo

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2006-01-10 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 02:18:43PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > sparc will be removed from consideration until we no longer have to > > worry about OpenOffice builds (or other intensive package builds) > > crashing the buildd machines. > > I have a few Ultra5 machines available, as well as suffic

Re: System freezes, time jumps 3.25 days (was Re: sparc buildd issues)

2006-01-03 Thread Richard Mortimer
Dave, Below is a patch that closes a race condition reading the stick register on Hummingbird cpus. Previously the code always incremented the high word if the low had wrapped but we don't know if high was read before or after the wrap. This may (or may not :-) ) be the cause of a kernel lockup s

System freezes, time jumps 3.25 days (was Re: sparc buildd issues)

2005-12-30 Thread Richard Mortimer
On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 16:46 -0800, Jurij Smakov wrote: > On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Blars Blarson wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >> On a Sparc netra X1, the system partially freezes (some stuff continues > >> running but at least one of the operations nec

Re: sparc buildd issues

2005-12-29 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Blars Blarson wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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 free

Linux 2.6.14 & blade 100 framebuffer (was: Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC])

2005-12-28 Thread Admar Schoonen
On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 03:48:51PM +0100, Luigi Gangitano wrote: > >The Xorg setup that works flawlessly on my blade 100 with (custom) > >2.6.9 at 1280 > >x 960 at 85 Hz suddenly only works at 60 Hz and shows red dots with > >debian > >2.6.14. I haven't investigated much in this issue, but perh

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-28 Thread Luigi Gangitano
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il giorno 28/dic/05, alle ore 15:29, Admar Schoonen ha scritto: Are you running the Debian 2.6.14 kernel, or another (self compiled?) version? A self compiled version based on the latest debian sources (2.6.14-6). And what about Xorg? Do you ha

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-28 Thread Luigi Gangitano
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il giorno 27/dic/05, alle ore 19:04, William Herrin ha scritto: 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 momen

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-28 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >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

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-28 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Can i also repoduce this on a sarge machine / what are the requirements >to get this happen. only the kernel or more? >is a chroot with sid/etch inside enough? >What can i do to help the porters with this issue.? > >I know that rene is doin

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-27 Thread William Herrin
I hadn't seen that, thanks. That sunsolve issue is kind of light on the details, but it implies a random drift of a few seconds. The symptoms I see are a sudden forward jump of exactly 3d 6:11:15. Every time it happened I saw exactly the same jump, after which some programs continue running while o

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-27 Thread Alexander Zangerl
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:04:50 EST, William Herrin writes: >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

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-27 Thread Admar Schoonen
On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 01:04:50PM -0500, William Herrin wrote: > On 12/27/05, Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 symp

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-27 Thread Daniel J. Priem
Can i also repoduce this on a sarge machine / what are the requirements to get this happen. only the kernel or more? is a chroot with sid/etch inside enough? What can i do to help the porters with this issue.? I know that rene is doing some OOo builds here, but i am didn't heard the last time that

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-27 Thread William Herrin
On 12/27/05, Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 partial

Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-27 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >What is this kernel problem, how does it manifest? Which branch, 2.4 or 2.6? Assuming this is what I have seen on my sparc pbuilder (ultra 2, dual 300Mhz), the symptom is the system rebooting (or, less often, crashing and needing a power cy

sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]

2005-12-27 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 04:14:35AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Sun SPARC > - > Initially, it seemed like sparc ought to have the easiest time of the > four to get requalified. Despite misgivings earlier this year about > upstream support, sparc is generally doing well; since the sarge >