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Subject: | Re: EPICS runtime problems on Motorola mv162-P242E CPUs |
From: | Maren Purves <[email protected]> |
To: | Jeff Hill <[email protected]> |
Cc: | [email protected], EPICS-tech-talk <[email protected]> |
Date: | Wed, 07 Feb 2001 16:33:36 -1000 |
This rings a bell. I made some stupid programming mistake that under certain circumstances caused the CPU to be 100% busy. The console serial line was the only way in to find out (dm windows stayed blank/white because there was no CPU time left. It appeared dead). As far as I remember this was on vxWorks 5.3.1 and some earlier EPICS 3.13 though. Maren Jeff Hill wrote: > > Don't assume that the IOC is 100% dead before you connect > a terminal to the serial port and try to get console > access w/o depending on the network. Sometimes the IP kernel > will be dead but vxWorks is still running. Console serial > access via a terminal can prove to be invaluable when > debugging vxWorks problems. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > > > We are having run time problems running EPICS on the new Motorola MV162 > > P242E cards. I am running VxWorks 5.2, and have tried EPICS R3.12.2 and > > R3.13.3. In all cases the CPU freezes or locks up, usually within 24 > > hours. We think it crashes more quickly if sequencers are running. > > > > Has anyone else had problems running EPICS on these cards? > > > > I'm in the process of seeing if we require a BSP upgrade from Wind River > > (we may have to upgrade to tornado in order to get the latest BSPs)