Re: 1.3.94 Ooops For Sale...

Steven N. Hirsch (hirsch@uvm-gen.emba.uvm.edu)
Sat, 27 Apr 1996 13:29:50 -0400


Linus Torvalds wrote:
>=20
> > Few more tidbits;
> >
> > master.debian.org went into a coma less than 12 hours after booting=
1.3.94.
> > What happened? No clue. the only symptoms (differentiating coma f=
rom
> > death):
> >
> > 1. ``Ouch, kerneld wanted to sleep in interrupt'' every second or =
two
> > 2. Login freezes after taking the login name on the console.
> > 3. Existing telnet session totally frozen.
> > 4. ``Cannot load interpreter'' in response to login - sometimes.
> >
> > This was preceeded by the same unholy stream of prophanity as descr=
ibed in
> > my previous posting under this title (``route to %p was born dead''=
).
>=20
> Ok, "kerneld" goes disabled in the next kernel, and won't be resuscit=
ated until
> after 2.0 is out unless somebody really starts to look into this thin=
g. I'm not
> using kerneld personally, and for a few reasons I don't think I _will=
_ be using
> it in the near future, so I won't be fixing this.
>=20
> Bj=F6rn?
>=20
> Linus

Umm, not to be dense about this, but when you make reference to "kernel=
d" being
disabled in the kernel, is this really speaking of the kernel's _interf=
ace_ to the
kerneld daemon? I routinely use this daemon to handle all load/unload =
of modules and
have yet to see a single hiccup in >>30 revisions of the 1.3.x family.

Can someone clarify? Thanks.

- Steve

--=20
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