On Monday 16 April 2007 14:14, Maurice Janssen wrote: > >I just thought of something which might be worth a try on systems > > that show the bug during system builds; use nice(1) to lower the > > build priority. It's a long shot, and I haven't tried it, but it > > *might* be a useful work around. Then again, it might be a waste of > > time. > > Could be bad luck, but it seems to have the opposite effect. It > panic'd after a few minutes (details below), while up to now it used > to run many hours before it panic'd.
Damn. It didn't work but it was a long shot to begin with. At least we know timing/priority does affect when/how quickly the bug surfaces. Just out of curiosity, what exact command did you run to get the results you posted. Was it something like this: # cd /usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/conf # config GENERIC # cd ../compile/GENERIC # make clean && make depend # nice make ? I think I'll dust off one the alphas and give this another shot. At the moment, I've got far too much hair which is in dire need of being pulled out in frustration... ;-) -jcr
