Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:50:35 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9 makes + 1 caused panic... Message-ID: <199604250320.MAA22274@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960424144235.7193B-100000@freebsd.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Apr 24, 96 02:42:57 pm
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Marc G. Fournier stands accused of saying: > > > > fp is dereferenced a few lines above, and I can't imagine how the structure > > would have become write-protected by accident... > > > > hardware or software bug then? :( Almost certainly hardware; modulo any judgement by John wrt. the changes he's made in the VM area in the last few days. Most of them had to do with accidentally unmapping more than was apprpriate, which would have given you a 'page not present' fault, not a 'write protect' fault. > Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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