From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 12:59:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE801065670 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 12:59:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E173E8FC1D for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 12:59:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C90321CC05F; Tue, 6 May 2008 05:59:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 05:59:38 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Stephen Clark Message-ID: <20080506125938.GA8831@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <4819BB3A.6000407@earthlink.net> <481A16E7.8040709@earthlink.net> <20080501210233.GA15528@lava.net> <481B19C4.1040806@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <481B19C4.1040806@earthlink.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reboot after panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 12:59:39 -0000 On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 09:40:20AM -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: > Mine is a nvidia 6300 mb with a dual core amd processor. I am causing the panic > while trying to develope a DD for a EVDO usb modem - so it is not a great > problem - I was just surprised it wasn't rebooting. This is a 6.1 system. > > Yes it is sort of discouraging that it is hard to get answers when you > aren't running the latest and greatest kernel. In our case we have over 500 > units in > the field running a mix of 4.9 and 6.1 and it is not feasible to > continually upgrade them, especially since there is no documented way to > reliably upgrade > a remote installation. Does the system reboot OK if you issue the "reboot" command? If not, then the problem is likely with the reboot method being used (ACPI vs. non-ACPI) or ACPI tweakage prior to reboot, and not anything to do with panics. See the following two sysctls: hw.acpi.disable_on_reboot hw.acpi.handle_reboot -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |