Please Help, problem mounting jffs2

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Monday 16 June 2003 20:21, Frank R Callaghan wrote:
> > No, it looks like your userspace program has such a _high_ priority
> > that the GC thread never runs. A subtle difference :)
>
> I have reniced the test program to +20 but the mount is still hung !
>
> > > What should I do/try next ?
> >
> > This is an RTAI-specific issue. I suspect your test program above has
> > its priority set such that when it's eating 100% CPU time in a tight
> > loop, nothing else gets to run. Have you asked on the RTAI mailing
> > lists?
>
> yes - no response yet !
>
> I'm not sure how rtai can be interfering if there are no-rtai modules
> loaded - unless the kernel patches messed something up !
A RTAI patched kernel without modules loaded should behave like a unpatched 
kernel. 

Switch off CONFIG_RTHAL and try again. This should remove all RTAI tweaks from 
the kernel.

If that does not work try a (RTAI) unpatched kernel.

-- 
Thomas
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