From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 23 18:22:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA19213 for current-outgoing; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 18:22:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA19202 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 18:22:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [206.246.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA07660; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 21:21:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 21:21:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: Simon Shapiro cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help Requested - system Panic in __getcwd() In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Simon Shapiro wrote: > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > May I please solicit your assistance in solving a difficulty I am > experiencing with FreeBSD kernel, in the last day or so. > > The version of the doftware in question is 3.0-current. The CVS update of > the source tree is current as of last night (The 22nd of September). > > The symptoms are a panic, in idle systems, in __getcwd. There is a > reference to a virtual address 0x78 which appears to be invalid. > > I have searched the freebsd-current mailing list dilligently and found no > mention of this problem. > > In case this was already reported, please accept my apologies and view this > message as a confirmation of the problem's existance. > > If there is any way in which I can be of assistance in expediting a > solution, please let me know. I will be happy to help. > > [ I hope the language in this message is meek and polite enough as to not > offend any of you which I apparently have offended in the past - an offense > I deeply regret ] I think maybe you caught Justin at a bad time, when he was arguing with Terry (apparently a regular thing). Anyhow, Poul did a little tweaking with getcwd a little while back, warning that it was a little experimental at the time, I think. Maybe you're tweaking his tweak now? > > > --- > > > Sincerely Yours, (Sent on 23-Sep-97, 17:07:11 > by XF-Mail) > > Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom > Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 > Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.643.5559, Emergency: 503.799.2313 > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------