Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:57:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:56:48 -0500 Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.84]:59859 "EHLO gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:56:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:59:53 -0500 To: Jens Axboe Cc: rwhron@earthlink.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.2-pre1 dbench 32 hangs in vmstat "b" state Message-ID: <20011224115953.A118@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20011221091104.A120@earthlink.net> <20011221154654.E811@suse.de> <20011221185538.A131@earthlink.net> <20011224150337.A593@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011224150337.A593@suse.de>; from axboe@suse.de on Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 03:03:37PM +0100 From: rwhron@earthlink.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 03:03:37PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21 2001, rwhron@earthlink.net wrote: > What IDE controller are you using? The two other reports so far have > been with VIA, maybe that's a clue. I do have one of the perhaps buggier VIA chipsets. 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10) 00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 04) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 I/O ports at d000 [size=16] Capabilities: It's been reliable for a long time, but it wouldn't compile an Athlon optimized kernel until 2.4.1x. (Kernel would Oops at boot time unless compiled with CONFIG_M586=y) It was reliable when not optimized for Athlon. > Anyways, could you please reproduce with this applied? > > -- > Jens Axboe With the patch, it still hangs on this system. I recompiled with CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y and CONFIG_M586=y, but that ended up with all processes in "b" state during dbench 32 too. I tried unpatched 2.5.2-pre1 on a k6-2. dbench 32 hung similarly with 32 in "b", bo and bi = 0, and id = 100. That machine is ill now and can't find "init" when booting, boot single, or boot init=/bin/bash. -- Randy Hron - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/