Selon LANOUX Bertrand <lano...@yahoo.fr>: > Hi all, > > I have noticed the "unknown HZ value" message still appears at boot time and > under some unpredictable circumstances when running the ps command, even > after applying the procps-3.2.8-fix_HZ_errors-1.patch (I currently use a SMP, > 2.6.38.4 tickless kernel). > So after looking inside the procps code and patch, I deduced the > linux_version_code variable was not correctly valued. After starting to make > my own patch, I came across a similar issue when looking over the net (seen > on > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/slackware-13-37-rc-unknown-hz-value-after-procps-upgrade-871679/). > It seems the constructor functions don't run as the package expect on recent > libgcc. > > After applying it, the message definitively disappeared. The patch is > attached (another solution is to prioritize the constructor functions). > > It works well since quite a while for me now, so may it be taken into account > for those who have encountered the same inconvenience. Have a look ? > > Thanks for reading, > > Bertrand. > the upstream code does not use the changes in http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/development/procps-3.2.8-fix_HZ_errors-1.patch only the __attribute__((constructor)) fix http://procps.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/procps/procps/proc/
I was mostly ready to report too, had a diff made from cvs upstream but this disk crashed 2 days ago. Gilles -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
