Builworld stalls on rpi2 [various processes stuck in pfault and vmwait with 1996M Free Swap listed by top]

[bob prohaska]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 07:50:36PM -0700, Ian Lepore wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-01-12 at 18:43 -0800, bob prohaska wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 05:53:03PM -0800, Mark Millard wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 2018-Jan-12, at 4:54 PM, bob prohaska <fbsd at www.zefox.net>;
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > The machine still answers ping. Typing escape control-b does not
> > > > bring up a debugger, did the keysequence change? Power cycling
> > > > seems
> > > > to be the only way out.
> > > With or without:
> > > 
> > > options?????????ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER
> > > 
> > > For with: <CR>~^B (with <CR> being <return>
> > > and ^ being <control>) is an alternate with
> > > this.
> > > 
> > The line?
> > options?????????ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER
> > does not appear in the GENERIC kernel, but
> > neither does the ue identifier for ethernet.
> > I thought perhaps both were included from
> > elsewhere. Maybe not. I'll add it.
> > 
> 
> It's in std.armv7, which is included from GENERIC.

Thank you, I'll undo my change.

The GENERIC kernel has grown to about 10 MB.
Can it be slimmed usefully on an RPI2? I got it down
to about 8, but that's a small gain and it wouldn't stay
running for more than a couple days..


Thanks for writing!

bob prohaska