Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 07:40:15 -0600 From: haikugeek@westhost36.westhost.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/32351: /boot/loader's panic reboots before user can read message Message-ID: <200111281340.fASDeFi14565@westhost36.westhost.net>
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>Number: 32351
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: /boot/loader's panic reboots before user can read message
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 28 05:50:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jonathan Mini
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD groove.haikugeek.com FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #1: Sun Nov 18 02:30:58
GMT 2001 mini@:/usr/obj/usr/home/mini/work/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
panic() in /boot/loader will emit a panic message and reboot
immediately, which makes it impossible to read the message unless
you are using a serial console.
>How-To-Repeat:
The easiest way to panic the loader at the moment is to type this
script:
0 0 fclose fclose
>Fix:
Apply this patch:
Index: panic.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/FreeBSD/src/sys/boot/common/panic.c,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -c -r1.5 panic.c
*** panic.c 1999/08/28 00:39:51 1.5
--- panic.c 2001/11/28 20:08:32
***************
*** 50,54 ****
--- 50,58 ----
va_end(ap);
printf("\n");
+ printf("--> Press a key on the console to reboot <--\n");
+ getchar();
+ printf("Rebooting...\n");
+
exit(1);
}
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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