Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 16:22:05 -0700 (MST) From: Ron Lenk <rlenk@widget.xmission.com> To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: panic: getnewbuf Message-ID: <199601102322.QAA08593@widget.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <199601102110.NAA00230@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> from "Steven G. Kargl" at Jan 10, 96 01:10:58 pm
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> New kernel from sources supped this morning (0900 pst). See config > file and hardware list below. > > The system will hange without a panic. The system will not > respond to keyboard input. I can switch to a different vty to > try to login, but the system does not respond with passwd prompt. > Telneting from a remote host does not work. iozone may or may not > write the 32 MB file. Push reset button to reboot the system. > > This miraculously completes without a problem. Switch to vty 1 > and try it again. > > panic: getnewbuf: inconsistent EMPTY queue, qindex=2 For whatever it's worth, I've seen both the hang conditions, and the panics as well, although on a somewhat different configuration, this machine is a Pentium 60, with an Adaptec 2842 VL bus SCSI controller. I've exchanged mail with David Greenman, and filed a problem report, kern/938. However, I haven't seen or heard anything that would indicate that this has been fixed. I can only hope that somebody is working on it. Ron -- Ron Lenk -- rlenk@xmission.com
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