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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-03-29 08:33:16 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-04-04 14:13:43 +0100 |
| commit | 095e48f95b18ac39942b8dff1342a803ded31084 (patch) | |
| tree | 65f12409d3555a645cbaa9bee5094f02cc0caae8 | |
| parent | a8093ea60cd2b682b3073f2de5aa73e1adfe7587 (diff) | |
| download | poky-095e48f95b18ac39942b8dff1342a803ded31084.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Edits to the random build error question.
(From yocto-docs rev: ee7aa728f9a814d91de94dbc90a593958e6f295e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml index 8553a40081..8884dba663 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml | |||
| @@ -351,13 +351,20 @@ | |||
| 351 | </question> | 351 | </question> |
| 352 | <answer> | 352 | <answer> |
| 353 | <para> | 353 | <para> |
| 354 | If the same build is failing in totally different and random ways, | 354 | If the same build is failing in totally different and random |
| 355 | the most likely explanation is that either the hardware you're running the | 355 | ways, the most likely explanation is: |
| 356 | build on has some problem, or, if you are running the build under virtualisation, | 356 | <itemizedlist> |
| 357 | the virtualisation probably has bugs. | 357 | <listitem><para>The hardware you are running the build on |
| 358 | The OpenEmbedded build system processes a massive amount of data causing lots of network, disk and | 358 | has some problem.</para></listitem> |
| 359 | CPU activity and is sensitive to even single bit failures in any of these areas. | 359 | <listitem><para>You are running the build under |
| 360 | True random failures have always been traced back to hardware or virtualisation issues. | 360 | virtualization, in which case the virtualization |
| 361 | probably has bugs.</para></listitem> | ||
| 362 | </itemizedlist> | ||
| 363 | The OpenEmbedded build system processes a massive amount of | ||
| 364 | data that causes lots of network, disk and CPU activity and | ||
| 365 | is sensitive to even single-bit failures in any of these areas. | ||
| 366 | True random failures have always been traced back to hardware | ||
| 367 | or virtualiZation issues. | ||
| 361 | </para> | 368 | </para> |
| 362 | </answer> | 369 | </answer> |
| 363 | </qandaentry> | 370 | </qandaentry> |
