From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Jun 7 13:27:07 1995 Return-Path: bugs-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id NAA04549 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 7 Jun 1995 13:27:07 -0700 Received: from relay1.UU.NET (relay1.UU.NET [192.48.96.5]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA04532 ; Wed, 7 Jun 1995 13:27:01 -0700 Received: from ast.com by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP id QQytdh27646; Wed, 7 Jun 1995 16:27:02 -0400 Received: from trsvax.fw.ast.com (fw.ast.com) by ast.com with SMTP id AA00555 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for uunet!FreeBSD.org!bugs); Wed, 7 Jun 1995 13:27:16 -0700 Received: by trsvax.fw.ast.com (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.1) id ; Wed, 7 Jun 95 15:25 CDT Received: from trsvax by nemesis.lonestar.org with uucp (Smail3.1.27.1 #18) id m0sJRON-0004vgC; Wed, 7 Jun 95 15:07 CDT Received: by trsvax.fw.ast.com (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.1) id ; Wed, 7 Jun 95 14:15 CDT Received: by trsvax.fw.ast.com (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.1) id ; Wed, 7 Jun 95 14:13 CDT Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA05001; Tue, 6 Jun 95 16:24:01 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9506062224.AA05001@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: 2.0.5-A: Very disheartening? To: uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Frank Durda IV) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 95 16:24:01 MDT Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Frank Durda IV), hackers@FreeBSD.org (Frank Durda IV), bugs@FreeBSD.org (Frank Durda IV) In-Reply-To: from "Frank Durda IV" at Jun 5, 95 11:02:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: bugs-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [ ... crashing systems don't when cache is disabled ... ] > As far as I can see, the only failing part is the mechanisms associated > with a compressed kernel, or the compressed kernel itself and certain > types of cache subsystems. I can boot from a floppy with a uncompressed > kernel and that works fine too. Only the compressed kernel has trouble. This makes sense, actually. Not setting the non-cacheable bit was the problem with the DOS 6.0 compression stuff as well. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.