From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4A1E46C9.9050806@domain.hid> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:09:45 +0200 From: Gilles Chanteperdrix MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4A1D6ED4.3060104@domain.hid> <1243443636.22014.79.camel@domain.hid> <4A1D73B6.1050602@domain.hid> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] xeno-test hangs during latency test List-Id: Help regarding installation and common use of Xenomai List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Steve Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org Steve wrote: > On 27/05/2009, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote: >> Philippe Gerum wrote: >>> On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 18:48 +0200, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote: >>>> Steve wrote: >>>>> After installing the latest version of Xenomai last week I have >>>>> encountered a problem with Xenomai applications hanging linux >>>>> completely, requiring restart. This has also occured while running >>>>> xeno-test, during the latency tests. >>>>> >>>>> I have tried to follow the various suggestions on this board about >>>>> preventing hanging of Xenomai, however I am still experiencing the >>>>> problem. >>>>> >>>>> I am using: >>>>> Vanilla Linux Kernel 2.6.24 >>>>> Adeos Patch 2.6.24-x86-2.0-07 >>> ^^^^^ >> Yeah, right, please try the latest version, Xenomai 2.4.7, and the >> patches it contains. If you need debian packages, the package ship with >> its own debian directory allowing to build the packages from sources. If >> it does not work, then report bugs. >> >> Also, depending on your deadlines, 2.4.8 should be out soon, so you may >> want to wait for this release. >> >> -- >> Gilles. >> > > When I first installed Xenomai I used the latest Adeos patch (at the > time) instead of the one corresponding directly to my kernel (eg > 2.6.27 patch for 2.6.24 kernel). This did not work. Once I used the > latest of the corresponding patches (2.6.24) it seemed to work, so I > have been using that combination ever since, and there has not been a > newer Adeos patch for that kernel since. Am I correct in thinking > that you must use an Adeos patch that corresponds to your particular > kernel (this makes sense, although it is not stated in the readme's)? Yes, you are right, and it is stated in the readme: "Apply one of the patches found into this directory against the corresponding kernel release." > If so, then I must use a newer linux kernel to use a later adeos > patch, which is fine, I will try it after testing with a serial port. > If not, then I'll use the latest adeos patch that comes with the 2.4.7 > release and let you kow the results. Yes, please use a more recent version, there were fixes recently on x86. -- Gilles.