From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 31 18:58:54 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D9CF16A41F for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:58:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A81743D58 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:58:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper [212.12.50.230]) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.13.3/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jBVIwprX065798; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:58:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: (from cracauer@localhost) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.13.3/8.12.9/Submit) id jBVIwpud065797; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:58:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cracauer) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:58:51 -0500 From: Martin Cracauer To: Armin Pirkovitsch Message-ID: <20051231135851.A65762@cons.org> References: <43B6C134.6060802@inode.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <43B6C134.6060802@inode.at>; from a.pirko@inode.at on Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 06:34:44PM +0100 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deadlock FreeBSD 6 / 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:58:54 -0000 Armin Pirkovitsch wrote on Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 06:34:44PM +0100: > Hi! > > I have some troubles with my notebook and any version of FreeBSD > (starting with 6 since my sata controller wasn't supported earlier). > It looks like as it would end up in a deadlock which means i have no > access to the debugger nor to any other kind of tracing methods. > Even with KTR, WITTNESS and DIAGNOSTIC enabled in the kerenl I get no > message what went wrong or what might have caused the trouble. > These fullstops always turn up when i compile and install programs (or > sometimes during the installation of FreeBSD itself) > Hardware: > Intel Pentium-M 760 (Centrino, 2GHz) > VIA VT 6421 SATA Controller > 80GB Samsung SATA HD > > I guess one of those parts creates the trouble, but I have no idea how > to trace it... > Is there a way to run the whole thing in some kind of debugger? > Or is there a diffrent way to locate the problem? It's more likely to be a general instability from broken hardware. Use prime95 (ports/math/mprime) to test your processor and thermal stability (36 hours or so), and memtest86 (seperately). Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ FreeBSD - where you want to go, today. http://www.freebsd.org/