Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:49:09 +0100 From: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@free.fr> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What to do if a box is just "frozen" Message-ID: <3A65F735.3AA6175C@free.fr> References: <20010117160547.C98607@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
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False alarm : a reinstall of a fresh 4.2-R from a CD-ROM cured everything (I thought I was careful when upgrading via make world ;-)) Peter Jeremy wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:01:15 +0100, Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@free.fr> wrote: > >I've got a little application at work which can "just freeze" a > >4.2-Release : the purpose of the application is just a packet blaster > >used for telecom equipement test (send as many UDP packets as ordered, > >on as many interfaces as there are on a machine). [SNIP] > > Can you send an NMI to the box? (NMI can usually be generated by > pulling I/0 channel check on the ISA bus low. I/0 channel check is > pin A1 (and there's a convenient ground on pin B1). ([AB]1 is the > pins closest to the rear of the machine). NMI should trap to DDB. thanks for the tip > > Peter > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message cheers -- Thierry Herbelot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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