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Havard Eidnes | 8 Nov 2008 13:00
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Package binaries for NetBSD/sgimips 4.99.72 / pkgsrc-2008Q2

Hi,

I've uploaded the results of a bulk rebuild of pkgsrc-2008Q2 done
on NetBSD/sgimips 4.99.72 to

   ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/mipseb/4.99.72_2008Q2/

A total of 6.1GB of packages were uploaded, for a total of 6097
packages.

The source tree this was built from was updated Aug 10, 2008.

This build was done after the pthread(?) incompatibility was
fixed, so these packages should be usable on 5.0_BETA.

I'll update this host to 5.0_BETA and the pkgsrc tree to the
2008Q3 tree, and start a rebuild using that, and leave the old
binary packages in place, so the next round will hopefully
complete sooner.

For the packages which are not machine-specific (should be the vast
majority), these packages should also be usable on other mips big-
endian ports.

Regards,

- Håvard
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Havard Eidnes | 16 Nov 2008 00:43
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Package binaries for NetBSD/sgimips 4.0 / pkgsrc-2008Q2

Hi,

I've uploaded the results of a bulk rebuild of pkgsrc-2008Q2 done
on NetBSD/sgimips 4.0_STABLE to

   ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/mipseb/4.0_2008Q2/

A total of 6.1GB of packages were uploaded, for a total of 6219
packages.

The source tree this was built from was updated Sep 18, 2008.

For the packages which are not machine-specific (should be the vast
majority), these packages should also be usable on other mips big-
endian ports.

Regards,

- Håvard
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Andy Ruhl | 29 Nov 2008 03:51
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Qube2 with release-5 hangs, wapbl problem?

I have a Qube2 which I was running release-5 on before, but I recently
used the recovery CD to reinstall onto a new disk. The disk used to be
a regular 60 gig IDE, now it is a 30 gig laptop drive so I can unplug
the fan and use less power.

I wasn't having this problem before I used the restore CD. I noticed
that the default filesystem options include log now in the fstab,
which is why I susbect wapbl. I wasn't using the log option when I
installed release-5 manually before, because I never changed the fstab
or re-formatted the filesystem so I could use it. There have been no
errors logged to /var/log/messages about the new disk at all.

The system becomes generally unresponsive. I can't issue commands. My
VNC desktop is still visible over the network, I can type in a
terminal but as soon as I execute a command that terminal is hung. I
can't start a new one to issue more commands.

I have a serial console, but I can't log in with it once the system is hung.

I'm not hugely interested in debugging it at this point, but I can
probably do it in the next few weeks or so. What should I do? Maybe
set it to panic when I connect via the serial console or something?

My next step is to see if it's safe to remove the log option from the
fstab and reboot. Then I'll see if it hangs again. If not, I think
wapbl is probably a likely candidate. The hang isn't that easy to
generate, but it happens about once a day or so.

Thanks.
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Izumi Tsutsui | 1 Dec 2008 15:11
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Re: Qube2 with release-5 hangs, wapbl problem?

acruhl <at> gmail.com wrote:

> The system becomes generally unresponsive. I can't issue commands. My
> VNC desktop is still visible over the network, I can type in a
> terminal but as soon as I execute a command that terminal is hung. I
> can't start a new one to issue more commands.
> 
> I have a serial console, but I can't log in with it once the system is hung.
> 
> I'm not hugely interested in debugging it at this point, but I can
> probably do it in the next few weeks or so. What should I do? Maybe
> set it to panic when I connect via the serial console or something?

- try the latest 5.0_BETA kernel from ftp.NetBSD.org://pub/NetBSD-daily/
- try to send BREAK via serial console at freeze (to get ddb(4) console)
- try a custom kernel with options DIAGNOSTIC or DEBUG
etc?

> My next step is to see if it's safe to remove the log option from the
> fstab and reboot. Then I'll see if it hangs again.

As far as I tried on i386, it's safe if the file system
was properly unmounted on the previous shutdown.
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Izumi Tsutsui
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Andy Ruhl | 1 Dec 2008 15:17
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Re: Qube2 with release-5 hangs, wapbl problem?

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui <at> ceres.dti.ne.jp> wrote:
> As far as I tried on i386, it's safe if the file system
> was properly unmounted on the previous shutdown.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui <at> ceres.dti.ne.jp> wrote:
> As far as I tried on i386, it's safe if the file system
> was properly unmounted on the previous shutdown.

So far, since I stopped using the "log" option in the fstab, the
machine has not hung for a few days now.

I have not been using the kernels from the NetBSD-daily stuff, I have
been doing a cvs update from netbsd-5 every day and when I need a
kernel, I build it from there. I did see the extra debug options in
the wapbl man page, I will add those and try again.

I rebooted the machine a few times when I was getting the hangs, so
the previous boot and mount of the filesystem should have been clean.

Thanks Izumi.

Andy
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