OLS PARISC BOF 2006
BOF Topics
1. PA8800
2. NPTL Debugging
3. State of the kernel
4. tmpalias flushing
5. Git
6. H/W Support
7. 64-bit Userspace
8. Debian Etch
1. PA8800
* Random insn run.
* 2 sockets HPMC (L2 Error?)
* Logging TLB inserts?
* sshd and telnetd are repeatable triggers
* Make and Bash will sometimes segfault
* Force prefetches?
* Disable L2 (Grant)
2. NPTL Debugging
* More debugging required
* Mutex, lowlevellock, and futex should be reviewed
3. State of the Kernel
* Good!
* Tulip?
* USB?
* Missing futex routines?
* pselect / ppoll!
* gen irq!!
* Kernel headers
* Header installs
* Soft lockups gcc 3.4 vs gcc?
* RW locks broken? RW lock testsuite?
* Signals bug?
* process stuck in read()?
* mremap fails?
4. tmplalias flushing
No comments.
5. GIT
* Shutdown CVS
* Migrate to?
* Where do we put userspace/ web/ linux-2.6/ build-tools/?
6. H/W Support
Some people poke fun at other people with really old hardware.
7. 64-bit Userspace
Some people poke fun at Carlos.
8. Debian Etch
Raise the SEP field!