Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:09:47 +0100 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: John <lists@reiteration.net> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: malo causes sig 12 error and panic on Freebsd 7.2-PRERELEASE (7-STABLE) Message-ID: <3a142e750903251709q1fdb39cfkb1b0276644c3c825@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49CAA7AB.8030506@reiteration.net> References: <49CAA7AB.8030506@reiteration.net>
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On 3/25/09, John <lists@reiteration.net> wrote: > Hi list > > I configured the malo device as per the manpage. Now I'm getting panic > after the device is probed as per > http://www.growveg.org/desktop/DSC_6973-3008.jpg > > Is there a parameter I can pass to boot that will ignore this > driver/module? I have tried disable-module to no avail. Is the only > option to use the rescue disk? I need loader.conf to be ignored now in > order to get the system up at all. Under loader prompt type "unload", and than "load kernel" with required modules one by one and type "boot" at end. This will not work if malo is part of kernel itself. > Is malo known to work under 7-STABLE? I notice the man page says it > first appeared under FreeBSD 8.0. backtrace from textdump can help debugging crash, but use "kldload if_malo" after boot so that dumping can actually work, in other words use loader.conf only when you know that driver is actually stable/working. -- Paul
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