On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 05:31:18PM +0100, Justin Clift wrote: > On 31/07/2013, at 2:26 PM, Kaleb S. KEITHLEY wrote: > > On 07/31/2013 09:17 AM, Kaleb S. KEITHLEY wrote: > >> On 07/31/2013 08:44 AM, Anand Avati wrote: > >>> > >>> Multiple VMs will solve the problem, but I guess we need to > >>> figure out > >>> how to get a bigger box etc. > >>> > >>> > >>> Can the "worker" build machines be behind a firewall? I'm working on > >>> getting the old Sunnyvale lab machines on-line in our new lab. Can > >>> we use some of those? > >>> > >>> > >>> That should work, I think! > >> > >> I've escalated the ticket to get those machines on-line. We have some > >> pretty beefy machines to throw at it that. > > > > ... should be good for running lots of VMs. > > Please be careful of this bug when you're getting the machines online: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981741 > > Running the regression test on an unpatched readdirplus enabled kernel > will take out the box every time (kernel panic). > > RHEL/CentOS 6.3 GA (no kernel updates applied) is known to work. Niels > has built some recent RHEL 6.4 kernels with a fixed readdirplus too, > which should also work. (get them from him?) :) I've opened up that bug and added a link to download x86_64 test packages and patch. Anyone who hits this problem and has a valid entitlement to get support from Red Hat, is encouraged to open a support case through the Red Hat Customer Portal to get notified when the appropriate errata is released. Cheers, Niels
