[Cbe-oss-dev] 2.6.26-rc6 kernel bug on PS3?

Stefan Wald WALD at de.ibm.com
Thu Jun 26 16:17:47 EST 2008


cbe-oss-dev-bounces+wald=de.ibm.com at ozlabs.org wrote on 06/26/2008 12:56:36
AM:

>
> > With 2.6.24 (your version from early february) the PS3 hangs
completely...
> > you have to power cycle the ps3.
> > so, it looks like 2.6.26 is a little better... but you have to power
off/on
> > as well to get rid of the zombie.
>
> Looks like an issue with spufs. Though from your traces, it looks like
> it's something that happens when apps quit.
>
> Does your workload involves SPU apps quitting regulary ?

Yes, we have about 10 demos that we run in a loop from a script.
Stefan




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