From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 20:13:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 368E916A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 20:13:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B5743D2F for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 20:13:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (81004859d4d303fed0e3ef9df8f0ccdf@adsl-67-115-73-128.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.73.128])i3A3DGWh022853; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 22:13:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 57AD652339; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 20:13:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 20:13:15 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: David Magda Message-ID: <20040410031315.GA65829@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <25650060-8A8C-11D8-9C7E-000A95B96FF8@ee.ryerson.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/04w6evG8XlLl3ft" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <25650060-8A8C-11D8-9C7E-000A95B96FF8@ee.ryerson.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: panic on 4.x using star to /dev/nsa0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 03:13:19 -0000 --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 09:12:33PM -0400, David Magda wrote: > This has only happened once so far so I haven't filed a PR in case it's= =20 > not reproducible. Since I have the kernel dump I can give more=20 > information if needed if someone would be willing to tell me what to=20 > type into the debugger's CLI. Don't have much experience in this since=20 > I haven't had many panics under FreeBSD. :> (Is there a document=20 > describing this? A kind of "what happens if the system panics"=20 > FAQ/HOWTO.) The chapter on kernel debugging in the Developers Handbook explains how to build a debugging kernel and use it to extract a traceback suitable for someone to diagnose a kernel panic. Kris --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAd2ZLWry0BWjoQKURAt1bAJ9LxI9rZqVRiJwU8lNKX3PA2klPaQCfUFrx VmpnmEk0KG9SlIIwDX2eLL8= =KBC5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--