Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:19:58 -0800 From: Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kgzip(1) is broken Message-ID: <50F5D60E.6050605@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <09b701cdf367$12737530$375a5f90$@freebsd.org> References: <09b701cdf367$12737530$375a5f90$@freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 01/15/13 13:27, dteske@freebsd.org wrote: > Hello, > > I have been sad of-late because kgzip(1) no longer produces a > usable kernel. > > All versions of 9.x suffer this. > > And somewhere between 8.3-RELEASE-p1 and 8.3-RELEASE-p5 this > recently broke in the 8.x series. > > I haven't tried the 7 series lately, but if whatever is making the > rounds gets MFC'd that far back, I expect the problem to percolate > there too. > > The symptom is that the machine reboots immediately and > unexpectedly the moment the kernel is executed by the loader. > > This is quite troubling and I am looking for someone to help find > the culprit. I don't know where to start looking. I think this is i386 only? Also, are you trying to avoid loader(8)? Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJQ9dYOAAoJEG80Jeu8UPuzPwoH/RRR+SATnzoH/tXz1o+qvg/4 9i5EnGp0lcwhQWHaCvC9vmxFPhDFDQIK6RGjUqzi5IIpRhtgO8sdcLYjYD4sMVVS U/XGNGXeL57EzVwwCmAc1zYXoVHvj8s+ZiEuThF8bXU3L81VxPfosVLp+xdQhyx4 5nOPEjsOtYOx+snBknBR6l1r7Z6bH7Y8pyvXFrz4PV7d5V/i8cIDNFBsjfefuTYL u98ZzXCfQGnMGNRXn+gJ0M+r1r4SxzNWSnfMDBem54EjKrHXReUsmy4ID03VV8R5 RnNK/pupPYEAuK46UcQxjv89fEV/CVUAAshX415QzOdj9qL4Te2TLOUKmBW8c1Y= =uZJa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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