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

Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Volker Bandke
-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 have a ASUS P4-P800E DELUXE Motherboard in my PC, with an Intel

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 http

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,