Re: Maple troubles with SMP -- solved. How to contribute this to the FBSD documentation now?
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 06:50:42PM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote: Hello, I'm running FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE on a hyperthreaded i386 processor. My kernel has SMP enabled, and with sysctl machdep.hlt_logical_cpus=0, top shows two logical cpu's up and running. Works fine. Now I have some weird experiences running Maple 9.5 (with Linux emulation). When sysctl machdep.hlt_logical_cpus is set to 0, Maple won't start. I get the splash screen, but it hangs forever (top shows a java process eating all cpu time). It takes a kill -9 to stop it. When machdep.hlt_logical_cpus is set to 1 (single cpu), Maple starts fine, I can enter commands and everything works ok (except the help function, it crashes very often). When I set the sysctl back to 0, Maple gets very unstable when I enter further commands. Sometimes it hangs (without any cpu action like before), sometimes it crashes, very unpredictable behaviour really. Does anyone have any clue about what is happening? And about who is to blame, FreeBSD's SMP code, Maple, or maybe the Linux emulation code? GH The problems described above appear to have to do with the Java RE that comes with the newer versions of Maple (older versions -- at least I know about version 7 -- didn't use Java, and worked perfectly on FreeBSD). I have hacked and patched some Maple shell scripts, so that Maple uses the native FreeBSD JDK which I have compiled from the Ports, and now it seems to work right. When I have fully tested this, I would like to update the FreeBSD documentation (the part about Linux emulation), which describes how to get Maple running on FreeBSD, and include the patches I've written. How should I do this? GH -- :wq ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Maple troubles with SMP -- solved. How to contribute this to the FBSD documentation now?
Geert Hendrickx wrote: I have hacked and patched some Maple shell scripts, so that Maple uses the native FreeBSD JDK which I have compiled from the Ports, and now it seems to work right. When I have fully tested this, I would like to update the FreeBSD documentation (the part about Linux emulation), which describes how to get Maple running on FreeBSD, and include the patches I've written. How should I do this? GH You should probably submit appropriate problem reports. Create patches with dif(1), and quote them inline in the pr. For documentation, the procedure is the same, you just patch the document SGML source. The FDP primer would have more info on this. If you have patches for the Maple port itself, it should probably be discussed on the ports@ list, or perhaps even with the maintainer him/herself. I certainly don't speak for the Project itself, but this would seem to be the canonical way of contributing back to FreeBSD ... HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Maple troubles with SMP -- solved. How to contribute this to the FBSD documentation now?
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 09:16:42AM -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: Geert Hendrickx wrote: I have hacked and patched some Maple shell scripts, so that Maple uses the native FreeBSD JDK which I have compiled from the Ports, and now it seems to work right. When I have fully tested this, I would like to update the FreeBSD documentation (the part about Linux emulation), which describes how to get Maple running on FreeBSD, and include the patches I've written. How should I do this? GH You should probably submit appropriate problem reports. Create patches with dif(1), and quote them inline in the pr. For documentation, the procedure is the same, you just patch the document SGML source. The FDP primer would have more info on this. If you have patches for the Maple port itself, it should probably be discussed on the ports@ list, or perhaps even with the maintainer him/herself. I certainly don't speak for the Project itself, but this would seem to be the canonical way of contributing back to FreeBSD ... HTH, Kevin Kinsey There is no Maple port, Maple must be installed from a CD with a valid license key. But there is a section in the Handbook which describes how to get Maple running on FreeBSD. Only, it has become harder with the newer versions of Maple. :-) I think I would rather rewrite the current section than patch it. Anyway thanks for the notes. GH -- :wq ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
