From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 10:47:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE33B16A4CE for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:47:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F07AA43FCB for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:47:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 1617 invoked from network); 10 Nov 2003 18:41:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 10 Nov 2003 18:41:22 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAAIewce014352; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:40:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20031110162937.GA43708@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:40:55 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: John Hay X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: diskless panic with new interrupt code X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:47:06 -0000 On 10-Nov-2003 John Hay wrote: > Hi, > > My old diskless dual Pentium I 100MHz system does not like the latest > code. I use etherboot to boot it. I have tried both an UP and SMP kernel > but it panic in the same way. Looking at the low address values, it > looks as if it happens very early. Maybe something depends on the > loader initializing things nowadays? A kernel of about 2 weeks ago > did boot without a problem, even an SMP one. > > On bootup this is what I see: > >######################################### > WARNING: loader(8) metadata is missing! > instruction pointer = 0x0:0xa00 > stack pointer = 0x0:0xffe > frame pointer = 0x0:0x0 > code segment = base 0x0, limit 0x0, type 0x0 > = DPL 0, pres 0, def32 0, gran 0 > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, vm86, IOPL = 0 > current process = 0 () > kernel: type 30 trap, code=0 > Stopped at 0xa00: cli > db> >######################################### Just do a continue for now until I get a workaround for this done. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/