From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 16 15:39:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA05813 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:39:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA05805 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:39:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA06498; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:08:54 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA02978; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:08:53 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981117100853.V717@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:08:53 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Steven G. Kargl" Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel panics with SMP References: <19981117092941.N717@freebie.lemis.com> <199811162317.PAA12153@hotrats.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199811162317.PAA12153@hotrats.apl.washington.edu>; from Steven G. Kargl on Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 03:17:03PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 16 November 1998 at 15:17:03 -0800, Steven G. Kargl wrote: > According to Greg Lehey: >> On Monday, 16 November 1998 at 13:37:49 -0800, Steven G. Kargl wrote: >>> FreeBSD-current, cvsup'd on Saturday 14 Nov 98. >>> >>> SMP system, Micron Millenium Pro2 (dual Pentium Pro) with >>> 256 MB memory, Adaptec 2940 controller, 1 $.3 GB seagate drive. >>> >>> DDB message: >>> > > [trace deleted] > >> >> It would be nice to see the panic string, but it's pretty sure to be >> "ffs_blkfree: bad size". It looks as if it's fixed; wait a day or >> so. In the meantime, you can work around it with >> >> # sysctl -w vfs.ffs.doreallocblks=0 >> > > Thanks. > > My problem may be a combination of a broken BIOS and a out-of-date > config(8). Looking at that backtrace, it looks like your problem is due to a kernel bug. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message