Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-09-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 08:00:13AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: The problem has not been either identified or resolved and it won't be resolved until someone debugs the problem or someone sends me a system which manifests the problem so that I can resolve the problem. Just to make it clear,

RE: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-08-31 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
[snip problems building under cygwin on HT machines] FWIW, Kate Ebneter iPod Build Engineer Apple Computer, Inc. Um, just out of curiosity... Why is Apple using a Unix emulation running on Microsoft Windows to do their builds? ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-08-30 Thread David Chatterton
Chuck, We have a build environment for a reasonably large piece of code that several people could be building at the same time. On a dual 800MHz P3 and even a quad 550MHz box we had no problems, but upgrading to a dual 1.8GHz AMD box improved build times dramatically but the vast majority of

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-08-30 Thread Kate Ebneter
On Aug 28, 2004, at 10:49 PM, David Chatterton wrote: There was some discussion back in April regarding problems with loaded hyperthreaded machines including thread activation errors and other strange problems. Were these problems identified and resolved, or are they still outstanding? We had

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-08-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 02:49:09PM -0700, Kate Ebneter wrote: On Aug 28, 2004, at 10:49 PM, David Chatterton wrote: There was some discussion back in April regarding problems with loaded hyperthreaded machines including thread activation errors and other strange problems. Were these problems

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-08-30 Thread Kate Ebneter
On Aug 30, 2004, at 9:20 AM, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: Huh? I don't even own a single dog, just a WinME. It has crossed my mind that the fork bug has something to do with the hyperthreaded machine problem, and even that it might well be the last bug in Cygwin. Processor affinity not helping is

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-08-30 Thread Kate Ebneter
On Aug 30, 2004, at 2:55 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 02:49:09PM -0700, Kate Ebneter wrote: snip We had serious problems using GNU Make out of cygwin that we were only able to resolve by turning off hyperthreading on the relevant machines. I've tried various newer

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-08-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 03:49:57PM +1000, David Chatterton wrote: There was some discussion back in April regarding problems with loaded hyperthreaded machines including thread activation errors and other strange problems. Were these problems identified and resolved, or are they still

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-08-28 Thread David Chatterton
There was some discussion back in April regarding problems with loaded hyperthreaded machines including thread activation errors and other strange problems. Were these problems identified and resolved, or are they still outstanding? Thanks, David -- Unsubscribe info:

RE: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-08-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Christopher Faylor wrote: FYI, the win98 testcase that I reported (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-07/msg01120.html) locks up in the same way (as the testcase in this thread) on my hyperthreaded machine at work (P4, XPPro), but runs fine fine with HT disabled in BIOS. Maybe

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-08-05 Thread Errol Smith
Christopher Faylor wrote: For the record I have never doubted that people were reporting real problems. I doubt that Corinna has either. No more me toos are required here. So, as Larry implied, either debugging of the problem or the donation of a system is necessary. FYI, the win98 testcase

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-08-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 07:28:26PM +1000, Errol Smith wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: For the record I have never doubted that people were reporting real problems. I doubt that Corinna has either. No more me toos are required here. So, as Larry implied, either debugging of the problem or the

RE: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-08-05 Thread Dave Korn
-Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: 05 August 2004 12:31 On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 07:28:26PM +1000, Errol Smith wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: For the record I have never doubted that people were reporting real problems. I doubt that

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-08-05 Thread Errol Smith
Christopher Faylor wrote: FYI, the win98 testcase that I reported (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-07/msg01120.html) locks up in the same way (as the testcase in this thread) on my hyperthreaded machine at work (P4, XPPro), but runs fine fine with HT disabled in BIOS. Maybe seeing what the two

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-08-02 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:10 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry, this may be a language thing - English is not my native language) - but the script I provided does show the stated behaviour -it provides enough load in and of itself. As I said, it sometimes fails after

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-08-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 10:59:28AM -0400, Larry Hall wrote: At 02:10 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry, this may be a language thing - English is not my native language) - but the script I provided does show the stated behaviour -it provides enough

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:30:20PM +0200, Volker Bandke wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, This msg relates to an earlier one at http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-04/msg00223.html with title Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines I

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Chuck McDevitt
Volker Bandke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/30/2004 09:30 AM To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise) -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, This msg relates to an earlier one at

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:41:39AM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: I've also been trying to convince my company to donate a hyperthreaded machine to someone on the cygwin project, but so far, management's reaction is How do we know anyone will work on the problem, even if we give them a machine? And

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Chuck McDevitt
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:41:39AM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: I've also been trying to convince my company to donate a hyperthreaded machine to someone on the cygwin project, but so far, management's reaction is How do we know anyone will work on the problem, even if we give them a machine? And

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 12:03:16PM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:41:39AM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: I've also been trying to convince my company to donate a hyperthreaded machine to someone on the cygwin project, but so far, management's reaction is How do we know

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FWIW, I have a multi-cpu machine and have, in the past, run the supposedly failing tests for days without problem. On my single-CPU, Hyperthreading machine the error occurs within 30 minutes, latest, even if no other activity is going on...

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Larry Hall
At 12:17 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FWIW, I have a multi-cpu machine and have, in the past, run the supposedly failing tests for days without problem. On my single-CPU, Hyperthreading machine the error occurs within 30 minutes, latest, even if no

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Volker Bandke
Hall Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 7:01 PM To: Volker Bandke; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cygwin] Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise) At 12:17 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FWIW, I have a multi-cpu machine and have, in the past, run

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:10 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry, this may be a language thing - English is not my native language) - but the script I provided does show the stated behaviour -it provides enough load in and of itself. As I said, it sometimes fails after

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Volker Bandke
: Larry Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 8:23 PM To: Volker Bandke; Cygwin List Subject: [cygwin] Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise) At 02:10 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry, this may

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:42 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is it fair to assume that you've run the same thing with HT turned off and that you don't see the problem? It is. I cancelled the script the next morning, don't remember the number of iterations displayed,

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines

2004-06-27 Thread Mike Marchywka
Did this ever get resolved ? I found this issue in the archives http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-04/msg00219.html but it wasn't clear what ever became of it. I have a simmilar problem on an HT machine but haven't tried yet to isolate or diagnose. Thanks. -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-20 Thread Brian Ford
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Brian Ford wrote: On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 11:45:50PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 16 17:03, Chuck McDevitt wrote: Has anyone had a chance to try reproducing my problem with Cygwin1.dll and Hyperthreaded

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-20 Thread Brian Ford
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Brian Ford wrote: Here is the stack dump: BTW, stack traces lately have been showing the return address instead of the calling one. That makes this trace a bit harder to read. -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-16 Thread Chuck McDevitt
Has anyone had a chance to try reproducing my problem with Cygwin1.dll and Hyperthreaded machines? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-16 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 16 17:03, Chuck McDevitt wrote: Has anyone had a chance to try reproducing my problem with Cygwin1.dll and Hyperthreaded machines? I, for one, have no hyperthreading machine available. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-16 Thread Larry Hall
At 05:03 PM 4/16/2004, you wrote: Has anyone had a chance to try reproducing my problem with Cygwin1.dll and Hyperthreaded machines? It's on my list but caught behind another dependency. Hopefully, I can resolve or remove the dependency soon. -- Larry Hall

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 11:45:50PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 16 17:03, Chuck McDevitt wrote: Has anyone had a chance to try reproducing my problem with Cygwin1.dll and Hyperthreaded machines? I, for one, have no hyperthreading machine available. I have one available but it's not

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-16 Thread Brian Ford
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 11:45:50PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 16 17:03, Chuck McDevitt wrote: Has anyone had a chance to try reproducing my problem with Cygwin1.dll and Hyperthreaded machines? I, for one, have no hyperthreading

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-07 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 6 18:29, Chuck McDevitt wrote: I upgraded, and it didn't help. What about the latest developers snapshot from http://http://www.cygwin.com/snapshots/ ? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-07 Thread Chuck McDevitt
Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/07/2004 04:07 AM Please respond to cygwin To: Cygwin List [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines. On Apr 6 18:29, Chuck McDevitt wrote: I

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines.

2004-04-06 Thread Larry Hall
At 05:17 PM 4/6/2004, you wrote: I've been running into a lot of problems with Cygwin on hyperthreaded machines, when those machines are heavily loaded. For example, if I run this script: #! /bin/ksh mypath=$(pwd) while [[ ! -z $mypath ]] do mypath=$(pwd) if [[ -z $mypath ]] then echo Test