From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 20:41:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B94B01065680 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andreast-list@fgznet.ch) Received: from smtp.fgznet.ch (mail.fgznet.ch [81.92.96.47]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54AF48FC12 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:41:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andreast-list@fgznet.ch) Received: from wolfram.andreas.nets ([91.190.8.131]) by smtp.fgznet.ch (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit_SMTPAUTH) with ESMTP id n3MKfAaa020333; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:41:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreast-list@fgznet.ch) Message-ID: <49EF80E6.3040105@fgznet.ch> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:41:10 +0200 From: Andreas Tobler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Macintosh/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marcel Moolenaar , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org References: <49E76291.4000002@fgznet.ch> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 81.92.96.47 Cc: Subject: Re: Fatal kernel trap during boot 8.0-CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:41:18 -0000 Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Andreas Tobler wrote: >>> I could repeat this several times. >>> Then I booted my old 7.1 kernel without problems. >>> After that I also could boot 8.0 again. >> >> Fyi, I experience the same on my imac G3. And I use the same procedure >> to get back to -CURRENT. > > Smells like I-cache incoherency to me... > For the record, it is reproducible here on the G3. One needs to 'shutdown -h' or power-off and then reboot with a -CURRENT kernel. Then the fatal appears. Once booted into an old 7.1 kernel and rebooted w/o power-off, the boot succeeds with -CURRENT (r191402). As said, fyi. Andreas