Helge Hafting writes:
> I decided to give 2.3.46 and devfs a try.
If for some reason you suspect devfs, compile without it and try
again. Send any devfs-related bug reports directly to me.
> It seems unstable though, and goes into an OOPS-loop after a while.
> 2.3.39 is solid on the same machine - 34 days uptime with lots of
> compiles
> and network traffic.
>
> I can't decode the OOPS as it loops and scrolls by too fast to write
> down the numbers.
> It seems to happen if I press a key during a busy kernel compile,
> such as trying to switch to another virtual console.
>
> The machine has 128M, pentium II UP, a single IDE drive using PIIX dma,
> and a 3x905 ethernet card.
> I attempted to use devfs with no backward compatibility, i.e. with
> inittab and fstab changed to use vc/1 instead of tty1 and
> /dev/discs/disc0/part3 instead of /dev/hda3 and so on.
Note that X probably won't work because it wants /dev/tty?
Regards,
Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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