From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 8 04:45:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA12912 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 04:45:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA12906 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 04:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA08802; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 04:47:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199707081147.EAA08802@implode.root.com> To: Simon Shapiro cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI Bridge Question In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Jul 1997 23:29:34 PDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 04:47:22 -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> >> an mbuf cluster had been freed onto the mclfree list. In any case, >> this >> >> appears to be a much more generic problem - not specific to the fxp >> >> device >> >> driver. >> > >> >Most likely. The fxp is where I see it on this system. >> >> I can't reproduce the problem here, but I haven't tried very hard. Is >> NFS >> static in your kernel, or is it getting loaded as an LKM? > >* Setup BONDING PPP (128Kbps) >* NFS mount a large file system (say, FreeBSD/packages-current) directly > form the host you PPP to >* cd to the NFS mount point >* find . | cpio -dmpv /somewhere/else >* Go about your business >* Wait about 20-30 minutes > >[ I don't really expect you to do that. This is the setup I am using to > ``prove'' the problem ] It would be useful if you could examine the longword pointed to by mclfree; it is apparantly outside of the mb_map map range. Knowing it's value might give a clue as to the cause of the problem (then again, maybe not). >> Use -current kernel with -current userland sources; start with 2.2.2 >> and >> upgrade to -current ("3.0") with a "make world" if necessary. > >I understand the procedure and it works well. I was inquiring about 2.2 >userland and -current kernel. Guess your answer is ``no''. the more I play >with it, the less I like it (the hybrid idea). Right, I'm saying it's a bad idea and will cause problems. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project