From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA134035 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 10:29:59 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id KAA1248196 for linux-list; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 10:29:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA1255637 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 10:29:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from informatik.uni-koblenz.de (mailhost.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.4.1]) by sgi.sgi.com (980305.SGI.8.8.8-aspam-6.2/980304.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id KAA16472 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 10:28:55 -0800 (PST) mail_from (ralf@uni-koblenz.de) From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de Received: from uni-koblenz.de (pmport-18.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.249.18]) by informatik.uni-koblenz.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA11794 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 19:28:52 +0100 (MET) Received: (from ralf@localhost) by uni-koblenz.de (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA24907; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 19:25:14 +0100 Message-ID: <19980306192514.14435@uni-koblenz.de> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 19:25:14 +0100 To: Trevor Schroeder Cc: linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: xntp References: <19980306174605.00092@uni-koblenz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: ; from Trevor Schroeder on Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 11:01:32AM -0600 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 11:01:32AM -0600, Trevor Schroeder wrote: > > Don't run xntpd; there is some bug in the MIPS stuff which locks the > > machine, only the usual kernel hotkeys are still working. I don't > > know why or if all platforms are affected. The crash happend on a > > RM200. The time code is ripe for a complete overhaul anyway ... > > Do tell, what exactly is this bug? I'm using xntpd on a number of non-MIPS > Linux hosts here and I'd like to verify that it's not going to be a problem. I appears as if a syscall never terminates or so. xntpd just hangs in 'R' (running) state in the process table. This happens immediately after starting xntpd from the command line. For now I assume this to be a MIPS only bug - Ulrich Windl posted some NTP4 related patches and that's about everything I heared in the last time related to NTP bugs. So don't worry, I'm going to fix it next week - there is something non-MIPSish on my to-do list that is more urgent ... On the other side xntpd builds right out of the box for Linux/MIPS and that's already good news, given the complexity of the thing and how difficult it builds for IRIX. Ralf