Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-13 Thread David MacMahon
Just to add some more details to the problems seen at NRAO, it turns out that some of the uBoot settings passed a "mem=" command line option to the Linux kernel, where was actually greater than the amount of RAM available. It seems that the memory allocator would not reclaim the

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-13 Thread Marc Welz
Excellent! regards marc On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Concu, Raimondo wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I replaced tcpborphserver3 with tcpborphserver3-unmap. > > I have programmed the roach2 100 + 400 times ... without problems > > We had an old version of tcpborphserver3 > > Now we have a SARDARA

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-13 Thread Concu, Raimondo
Hi Mark, I replaced tcpborphserver3 with tcpborphserver3-unmap. I have programmed the roach2 100 + 400 times ... without problems We had an old version of tcpborphserver3 Now we have a SARDARA reconfigurable many times ;-) and then permanently offered to the astronomers at SRT ... Problem

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-13 Thread Concu, Raimondo
I meant between versions, but I read that: "New tcpborphserver3: fixes unmap issue when programming boffiles" , could be our case. It is being tested ... 2018-08-13 10:59 GMT+02:00 Marc Welz : > The one is a symbolic link to the other > > regards > > marc > > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 8:56

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-13 Thread Marc Welz
The one is a symbolic link to the other regards marc On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 8:56 AM, Raimondo Concu wrote: > Yes Mark! > > I had already seen this link. > > What is the difference between tcpborphserver3 and tcpborphserver3-unmap? > > Thank You! > Raimondo > > Il Lun 13 Ago 2018, 10:00 Marc

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-13 Thread Marc Welz
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:51 PM, John Ford wrote: > That depends where the image lives. If it is on an NFS mounted disk > somewhere, you have to install the new kernel and file system there. If on > the flash, you have to install it on the flash. > > THe latest stuff ought to be here (Marc is

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-10 Thread Raimondo Concu
Thank you John! We use NFS procedure, but certainly an old version. Cheers Raimondo Il 10 Ago 2018 19:52, "John Ford" ha scritto: That depends where the image lives. If it is on an NFS mounted disk somewhere, you have to install the new kernel and file system there. If on the flash, you

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-10 Thread John Ford
That depends where the image lives. If it is on an NFS mounted disk somewhere, you have to install the new kernel and file system there. If on the flash, you have to install it on the flash. THe latest stuff ought to be here (Marc is it so?) https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/LatestVersions To

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-10 Thread Raimondo Concu
Hi John, How do I update it? Thanks Raimondo Il Ven 10 Ago 2018, 17:48 John Ford ha scritto: > Hi Raimondo, > > We saw this years ago at NRAO. Marc is right about the solution. > > John > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Marc Welz wrote: > >> As per previous email: Either start it again,

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-10 Thread John Ford
Hi Raimondo, We saw this years ago at NRAO. Marc is right about the solution. John On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Marc Welz wrote: > As per previous email: Either start it again, or upgrade it > > regards > > marc > > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Concu, Raimondo > wrote: > > Hi

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-10 Thread Marc Welz
As per previous email: Either start it again, or upgrade it regards marc On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Concu, Raimondo wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Hi everyone, > > maybe you're right > > when the problem happens > > and i restart tcpborphserver3, the problem disappears. > > and this is the

Re: [casper] Problem when programming ROACH2

2018-08-10 Thread Concu, Raimondo
Hi Mark, Hi everyone, maybe you're right when the problem happens and i restart tcpborphserver3, the problem disappears. and this is the output: root@192:~# ps -ALL | grep tcp 820 820 ?00:00:53 tcpborphserver3 root@192:~# kill 820 root@192:~# roach VMA close roach release mem