named kills raspberry pi

[Warner Losh]

On Feb 7, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:

> 	Hi,
> 
> 	As soon as I start named either by rc.d script or directly, whether
> in an ssh session or directly on the video console, with or without chroot,
> my early model 256MB model B pi locks up solid, no response on console, all
> ssh sessions freeze, no response to ping, nothing until power cycle. I can
> build ports all day long, but if I start named everything stops dead.
> 
> 	I'm using about a two day old head tree currently but it's been
> happening for several days now since I first tried it. The uboot (20130201)
> and script I use are from http://people.freebsd.org/~gonzo/arm/rpi/ with
> minor changes to the script (-j 4 and no pi user) and a kernel config that
> includes pf and altq. I earlier used the older script and uboot with the
> same results.
> 
> 	Any ideas on how I can coax some more useful detail out of this ?

there were atomic hacks for arm v[45] that were in bind. Perhaps they are not properly #ifdefd for armv6 and so the first atomic operation results in a sudden, instant death?

Warner