Re: [9fans] strangeness on a server

2009-11-29 Thread erik quanstrom
> Nov 29 17:57:56 EST 2009 local.c 5559 [bootes] > local.c:227 c /n/dump/2009/1129/sys/src/9/boot/local.c:227 > < run("/boot/venti", "-c", f[0], "-m", "20", "-a", f[1], > "-h", f[2], 0); > --- > > run("/boot/venti", "-c", f[0], "-a", f[1], "-h", f[2], > > 0

Re: [9fans] strangeness on a server

2009-11-29 Thread ron minnich
On a hint from Geoff I did this: Nov 29 17:57:56 EST 2009 local.c 5559 [bootes] local.c:227 c /n/dump/2009/1129/sys/src/9/boot/local.c:227 < run("/boot/venti", "-c", f[0], "-m", "20", "-a", f[1], "-h", f[2], 0); --- > run("/boot/venti", "-c", f[0], "-a"

Re: [9fans] strangeness on a server

2009-11-29 Thread erik quanstrom
> one thing that I don't understand: when it starts up I get a line like this: > mem -1 bcmem 0 icmem 0 > > Does this point to misconfiguration or will venti do something reasonable > here? it looks like a little bit of misconfiguration, which the current code makes too easy. i'm not sure this

[9fans] strangeness on a server

2009-11-29 Thread ron minnich
OK, I'm seeing the following: 1500 syscalls/second, steady disk activity, pegged really, while I'm not really doing anything, tends to climb to 1 (!). This just started 2 days ago when I upgraded ... it had been a while. dma is enabled. I'm suspecting venti or fossil or interaction but ... wha