From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out.tiscali.be (spoolo1.tiscali.be [62.235.13.210]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0049A4840 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:58:01 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <3FBE7C6A.3010104@tiscali.be> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:58:18 +0000 From: Joel Soete MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Bromwich Cc: parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Processes stuck in D state on 715/100XC with 2.4.22-pa17 References: <3FB265EC00003DBD@ocpmta3.freegates.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Steve, Steve Bromwich wrote: >>>Just to clarify, this is happening during operation, not bootup. Next time >>>it happens (probably tomorrow morning) I'll break on serial and try >>>piminfo > > > So much for that idea - I forgot I had magic sysrq on, so break just gave > me the usual sysrq options. I'll recompile without sysrq over the weekend > and see what happens, but in the meantime I've reverted to 2.4.18 to see > if I get the same problem, just to make sure it's not faulty hardware. I > checked ps, and all the processes in D state were ones that touch the > drive (eg, find, exim, apache). > > I've got a J class at work that's not in production, so if I get time I'll > try it out with the same config (or at least, the closest I can get) just > to make sure it's not something obviously wonky in my config. > well, but those system are widly different (cpu, architecture, ...). > >>May be if you can, run hp diag tools? > > > I don't have a CD in that machine - do you know if there's any netbootable > images I can use? I have an HPUX 11.0 CD set, so if there's something I > can pull off there I'll be good to go. > Good question? never have to test it but it is a bootable cd (I don't remember if it is available via internet?) so if you copy it's image (with dd) on a system, i think that following the faq how-to netboot , it would works? > >>(I have no clue about 715 model but well running 2.4.22 (and above) on various >>b180, b2k, c110, N4000 and i have never encounter such pb?) > > > Well, the frustrating thing is is that there's no debug output anywhere > that I can find that's showing anything obviously wrong. Don't feel alone, during severall month (2, 3, 4, ... I don't want to remember) I try to get just a panic message from a smp kernel on a N4k : no success :_( ... > I had a skim > through lasi700.c/.h and couldn't see anything that'd help, do you know if > there's any debug/printks I can scatter anywhere to give me some pointers? > Sorry, I couldn't help here. hmm, what kind of disk have you on your D: hot-swapable or fixed? (with fixed disk, I already encounter a pb of flat cable and with hot-swap disk a pb with dust on disks' support) Cheers, Joel