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From: rivers@ponds.uucp (Thomas David Rivers)
Subject: Re: mysterious system hangups (W/FIXES!) (Not yet : -()
Message-ID: <1992Aug10.002924.23971@ponds.uucp>
References: <1992Aug4.175738.7008@Unibase.SK.CA> <michaelv.713151876@test.cc.iastate.edu> <1992Aug8.073502.13655@Unibase.SK.CA>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 00:29:24 GMT
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roe@Unibase.SK.CA (Roe Peterson) writes:
> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
> 
> >In <1992Aug4.175738.7008@Unibase.SK.CA> roe@Unibase.SK.CA (Roe Peterson) writes:
> 
> [ summary of my summary deleted :-) ]
> 
  
  [ again summary's deleted ] 
> 
> Well, after having applied two fixes, I'm _also_ happy to report total
> and complete stability.  Seems one fix is a work-around that is
> the subject of 386BSD 0.2, and the other just makes sense.

  [ descriptions of the kmem_map fix and ,  bufpages fix deleted ]
> 
> These two changes have produced a completely robust system.  I've rebuilt
> the kernel, libc.a, and a whole whack of my own code simultaneously, with
> no problems whatsoever.
> 
> Nice job, Bill.
> 

Well, again, I anxiously applied these two fixes in tandem; initially
with good results.

However, my little for loop which simply sits and builds kernel after
kernel eventually (after an hour or so) locked the machine up.
(I have a 9-meg, 20mhz machine w/ a math co-processor.)

I still haven't tried the rlist fixes; but I'm getting around to it...

    - Dave Rivers -
    (rivers@ponds.uucp)