hppa testsuite stalls?

[John David Anglin]

> the testsuite on the hppa machine (gcc61 on the compile farm) has
> always hanged for me from time to time.  However, lately (at least
> since I returned from vacation last Monday) it hangs every time.

This is likely a kernel problem.  There are long standing problems
with testsuite timeouts and occassional hangs on linux.  The frequency
of these is kernel and hardware dependent.

> Is this a know problem?  How should I investigate such problems?  It
> makes proper testing on that platform rather impossible for me.

It's very difficult as there's little relationship between cause
and symptoms.  If you come across a reproducible testcase, please
report it to the parisc-linux list.

Dave
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