From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 15 22:36:53 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5381E37B401 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 22:36:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from out001.verizon.net (out001pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79CFC43F75 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 22:36:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bleez@verizon.net) Received: from gravy.kishka.net ([151.197.249.111]) by out001.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with ESMTP id <20030316063649.RYJF5518.out001.verizon.net@gravy.kishka.net>; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 00:36:49 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gravy.kishka.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2G6amxw000463; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 01:36:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bleez@verizon.net) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 01:36:48 -0500 (EST) From: Bryan Liesner X-X-Sender: root@gravy.kishka.net To: Shizuka Kudo Cc: Bryan Liesner , Poul-Henning Kamp , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: panic on boot (devfs_find) In-Reply-To: <20030316055953.48314.qmail@web11408.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20030316012828.Q460@gravy.kishka.net> References: <20030316055953.48314.qmail@web11408.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out001.verizon.net from [151.197.249.111] at Sun, 16 Mar 2003 00:36:49 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Shizuka Kudo wrote: > > --- Bryan Liesner wrote: > > > > I was able to get a kernel up and running (strangely) on 3/12, but > > commits after that cause an immediate panic as soon as init starts. > > > > If I build a kernel from sources cut off at 3/10/2003 at 12:00, > > everything works fine. > > > > It is related to the sys/geom/geom_event.c commit on 3/11/2003: > > > Revision 1.20 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Mar 10 23:41:41 2003 UTC (5 > days, 5 hours ago) by phk > > Branch: MAIN > > CVS Tags: HEAD > > Changes since 1.19: +5 -0 lines > > Diff to previous 1.19 (colored) > > > > If we run out of consumers while orphaning them, and the provider's geom > > is withering, destroy the provider when done. > > > > This was exposed by the recent change to geom_dev's orphaning logic > > If I reverted it back to a previous version (1.19) then the machine booted OK. > > BTW, I also found that adding INVARIANTS options into the kernel can prevent this problem as well. > > Regards, I have reverted back to rev 1.19 and all seems to be running OK. I have /dev/null, /dev/stderr, /dev/apm, and /dev/mixer back. When the faulty kernel _did_ boot (after about a million retries to coax a core dump), these devices were missing at boot, or would disappear shortly after. Thanks. I think Poul-Henning will have enough information to go with now... -- ========================================================== = Bryan D. Liesner LeezSoft Communications, Inc. = = A subsidiary of LeezSoft Inc. = = bleez@verizon.net Home of the Gipper = ========================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message