From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 8 09:22:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 344DC1065696; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 09:22:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Received: from panacea.ucs.uwa.edu.au (unknown [IPv6:2001:388:7094:180:250:56ff:fe96:3830]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 318728FC16; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 09:22:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Received: from kas30pipe.localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by panacea.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B3D2880ED; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:22:24 +0900 (WST) Received: from panacea (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by panacea.prekas (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C47B880D8; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:22:23 +0900 (WST) X-UWA-Client-IP: 130.95.13.9 (UWA) Received: from mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [130.95.13.9]) by panacea.extinput (Postfix) with ESMTP id 772DB87FD5; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:22:23 +0900 (WST) Received: by mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix, from userid 801) id 4A098367D3; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:22:23 +0900 (WST) Received: from martello.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (martello.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [130.95.13.23]) by mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C5CE367D2; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:22:23 +0900 (WST) Received: by martello.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix, from userid 11251) id 20D466C0A7; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:22:23 +0900 (WST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by martello.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B3D06C0A6; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:22:23 +0900 (WST) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:22:23 +0900 (WST) From: David Adam To: John Baldwin In-Reply-To: <200903021210.39757.jhb@freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <200903021210.39757.jhb@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (DEB 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 7632 [Mar 08 2009] X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.1 new install halts on BTX error X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:22:26 -0000 On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday 28 January 2009 10:13:46 pm David Adam wrote: > > I upgraded my 7.0 system to 7.1-RELEASE with freebsd-update only to find > > that it no longer boots correctly, instead crashing with a BTX backtrace. > > If I break to the loader prompt and use 'ls /boot', I also get a > > backtrace. > > > I wonder if your stack is growing into the heap (the GPT stuff made the > loader a bit bigger). You can try something like this: Hi John, I tired -CURRENT when the previous changes were committed (see my previous email on Mar 1). I can confirm that -CURRENT with that patch applied now boots fine on my system. Thanks, David Adam zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au