[OpenAFS-devel] AIX system hang

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Hans-Werner Paulsen wrote:


> Dear Derrick and other OpenAFS developers,
> - we saw this problem only on multi-processor systems
> - we never saw this problem using a "real" disk as cache
> - beginning with Transarc AFS (I do not remember the version number) up
>   to OpenAFS 1.2.8 we had this problem with each version we tried (about
>   15 different versions).

Of course, this combination makes it extra fun. I don't have a
multiprocessor AIX box here to break (and boot) as I have time to deal,
whenever that might be.

Is there a reason using a backed-by-real-disk cache is untenable?