Re: RTAI 5.0-test2 released

On 06/25/2016 05:11 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> On 06/24/2016 02:19 AM, Paolo Mantegazza wrote:
> > If the problem is related to a lock due to many modules removal it is
> > difficult for me to say anything, especially in view of the use of a
> > virtual env. I've just a question: does the same happens out of a
> > virtualization?
>>
>> Paolo
>
> I just ran an over-night test on bare metal.  It ran much longer than 
> in my virtual machines, but this morning it too had crashed.
>
> The console was blank and unresponsive, so i don't have any info to 
> help debug this, sorry :-(
>
> I'd be happy to run any tests anyone would like.
>
>
I did not understand if you have problem in loading-unloading modules 
under a virtual environment or just in running a test for a long time?
Paolo
>
>
>> From: Rtai [[email protected]] on behalf of Sebastian Kuzminsky 
>> [[email protected]]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 6:52 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Rtai] RTAI 5.0-test2 released
>>
>> On 05/04/2016 02:07 AM, Pierangelo Masarati wrote:
>>> Dear RTAI enthusiasts,
>>>
>>> 5.0-test2 has been released.
>>>
>>> <https://www.rtai.org/userfiles/downloads/RTAI/rtai-5.0-test2.tar.bz2>
>>>
>>> It features modified latency calibrations, which should work also in
>>> case of cross development, added a user space SMI supervisor.
>>>
>>> Its parent VULCANO have been thoroughly checked and this test release
>>> should aim at verifying if its make-install stuff works as expected.
>>>
>>> Please test and report thru this mailing list, as usual.
>>
>> Thanks, Pierangelo!  The new cross calibration stuff is great, really
>> helps my work flow.
>>
>> However, i'm having trouble running tests in a virtual machine. After
>> several load/test/unload cycles, the machine locks up, with no helpful
>> kernel messages on the console or in dmesg.
>>
>> I'm *not* trying to use virtual machines for actual realtime workloads,
>> i'm just using it for correctness tests of my realtime application.  For
>> actual work i run the application on a bare-metal rtai machine.
>>
>>
>> I'm using a Vulcano CVS snapshot from 2016 May 12, there have been no
>> checkins since then.
>>
>> I'm using Linux 3.18.20, and hal-linux-3.18.20-x86-6.patch.
>>
>> My kernel config and my rtai configure command is here, along with a
>> dmesg showing boot & rtai load:
>> http://highlab.com/~seb/rtai/vm-problem.2016-06-23/
>>
>> A debian package archive (for Debian Jessie) with the kernel debs and
>> rtai-modules debs is here:
>>
>> deb http://highlab.com/~seb/linuxcnc jessie main
>>
>> The packages to install to see this issue are
>> linux-image-3.18.0-1-rtai-686-pae (or -amd64) and rtai-modules-3.18.0-1.
>>
>>
>> I'd appreciate any help debugging this.  I'm perfectly willing to run
>> any tests you suggest.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Sebastian Kuzminsky
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