From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 28 19:47:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA17882 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 19:47:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA17872 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 19:47:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA18906; Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:17:38 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704290247.MAA18906@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: A Desparate Plea for Help... In-Reply-To: from Simon Shapiro at "Apr 28, 97 09:36:03 am" To: Shimon@i-Connect.Net (Simon Shapiro) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:17:38 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Simon Shapiro stands accused of saying: > > Hi Michael Smith; On 28-Apr-97 you wrote: > ... > > > Further study actually indicates that this function is quite paranoid > > about its input. Can you tell us which compile options you are using > > with your kernels, so that someone can build this function and work > > out where 0x6c is? > > See sendero.i-connect.net/crash. It is there. > > > Are you loading/unloading LKM's on these systems? > > Yes. linux_mod, star_saver_mod, oss_mod (sound). > Should I not? They're certainly prime suspects. Your crash looks/looked like it had something to do with one of the device switch tables, and one possible explanation would be that an LKM had been removed without zeroing its switch entries. I have _definitely_ seen problems with the screensaver LKMs at times. Make sure your LKMs are up to date with the kernel too. > Simon -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[