linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support]

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:08:27 -0500
From:	"Michael S. Zick" <lkml@...ethan.org>
To:	Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Harald Welte <HaraldWelte@...tech.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support]

On Thu June 4 2009, Duane Griffin wrote:
> 2009/6/4 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>:
> > On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> >> Well, that one isn't anything to brag about"
> >
> > So what's the problem on that machine? Is the VIA C7-M (or some random
> > device in it) just buggy and it eventually hangs, or what? Has _any_
> > kernel ever worked on that machine for longer than an hour or two?
> 
> There have been reports of hangs on various VIA C7 machines going back
> a year now. The version of the kernel doesn't seem to matter, but the
> version of glibc does. Unfortunately there hasn't been much progress
> in getting to the bottom of it.
> 

There have been recent tweaks to the futex service in the
kernel, this might interact with how a particular glibc
expects them to work.

I also add a few tweaks in my local patches to futex.etc,
so it may need more in mainline (un-proven at this point).

It seems to make a difference with pulse-audio - -
which is my "test program".

Mike
> See here (and other linked reports):
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228263
> 
> Cheers,
> Duane.
> 


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