Re: Re: HARDINGE HNC RETROFIT

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Ray Henry <rehenry@u...> wrote:

>
> Hi Mark
>
> My first question when asked about some "goofy" behavior on the
> part of an EMC is where'd you get it.

I don't know if you want to hear the answer. ;) I got the BDI-TNG
Install CD from you for $30.00

> That satisfied, my next question is how long has it been running
> without interruption. My first suggestion if it has been up for
> quite a while is to shut down the EMC and restart and see if the
> behavior persists. The problem here would not be related to a
> EMCSH problem but is related to the SHMEM processes.

I was able to repeat the problem, both times the Backplotter was idle
overnight, I think the Backplotter is the cause of the problem.

> In the 2+ rtlinux kernels this is a memory manager named mbuff.
> If you find that a message pops up regarding mbuff being busy,
> you can clean it out with a little program called mbuff_dealloc.
> This program is created by running make in the directory where the
> mbuff module source resides.
> The memory structure that you will be clearing out is named
> emcmotStruct.
>

I'll see if the problem happens without the Backplot. Hopefully I can
narrow it down.

Mark

PS - I noticed the kernels with the RT patches are setup for a single
processor, am I correct in assuming the the RT kernels do not support
SMP.