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Date:      Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:13:11 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Swapfile problem in 6? (was: 6.0: during kernel compilation, 'kernel linking' freezes PC)
Message-ID:  <20051115021311.GA1260@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051115020827.83656.qmail@web36214.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20051115015801.GA84919@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051115020827.83656.qmail@web36214.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 06:08:27PM -0800, Rob wrote:

> I left it overnight twice for performing this
> 'kernel linking' stage. In both cases the machine
> remained dead.
> Without the swapfile, this 'kernel linking' stage
> completes in just about less than a minute.
>=20
> So I think it's not my impatience, but there is
> another problem with my swapfile or with 6 :).

Since you can compile a kernel without it, add DDB, WITNESS and
INVARIANTS support, then trigger the deadlock with the swapfile, break
to DDB and examine the state of the machine.  See the chapter on
kernel debugging in the developers handbook for more instructions.

Kris


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