From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4ECA333A.2010600@gmail.com> <4ECA89D4.9080803@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:44:27 +0400 Message-ID: From: Anton To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04155418e3ea9f04b2466d1c Subject: Re: [9fans] 9vx instability Topicbox-Message-UUID: 42d48a24-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --f46d04155418e3ea9f04b2466d1c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Yep, with 3.1 9vx runs fine for an hour already. However, I want to try installing Plan 9 natively. Tomorrow. Btw, why there are 9atom and 9front? I mean, why they aren't joined together? What the difference between them? 2011/11/22 Skip Tavakkolian > i'll modify what i said to "... suspect the host os first". it's been > my experience that every autoupdate on Ubuntu and Windows brings in > its share of new bugs (hopefully less than the number of bugs it > fixes) > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:32 PM, erik quanstrom > wrote: > > On Mon Nov 21 15:20:58 EST 2011, skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com wrote: > >> i run 9vx occasionally. a while back i built 9vx from ron's > >> repository. i was having problems with it under Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64, > >> where sometimes both cores were pegged at 100%; it was a problem with > >> linux (judging by ubuntu mailing lists). without changing 9vx, things > >> got stable after 10.10 (currently on 11.10). so, when in doubt, > >> suspect the host os. > > > > !? the fact that one bug was found in linux doesn't imply that bugs are > likely > > in any host os. the oses are better tested than 9vx, so given no other > information > > i would conclude the opposite; 9vx is more likely at fault. and > regardless, we > > have little chance of fixing the os. > > > > - erik > > > > > > --f46d04155418e3ea9f04b2466d1c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yep, with 3.1 9vx runs fine for an hour already. However, I want to
try= installing Plan 9 natively. Tomorrow. Btw, why there are 9atom and 9front?=
I mean, why they aren't joined together? What the difference= between them?

2011/11/22 Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian= @gmail.com>
i'll modify what i said to "... suspect the host os first". = =A0it's been
my experience that every autoupdate on Ubuntu and Windows brings in
its share of new bugs (hopefully less than the number of bugs it
fixes)

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:32 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> On Mon Nov 21 15:20:58 EST 2011, skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com wrote:
>> i run 9vx occasionally. =A0a while back i built 9vx from ron's=
>> repository. =A0i was having problems with it under Ubuntu 10.04 x8= 6_64,
>> where sometimes both cores were pegged at 100%; it was a problem w= ith
>> linux (judging by ubuntu mailing lists). without changing 9vx, thi= ngs
>> got stable after 10.10 (currently on 11.10). so, when in doubt, >> suspect the host os.
>
> !? =A0the fact that one bug was found in linux doesn't imply that = bugs are likely
> in any host os. =A0the oses are better tested than 9vx, so given no ot= her information
> i would conclude the opposite; 9vx is more likely at fault. =A0and reg= ardless, we
> have little chance of fixing the os.
>
> - erik
>
>


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