From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 20 17:06:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F14D16A474; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:06:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4B4F43D73; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:06:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5KH64iw029410; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:06:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Kazuyoshi Furutaka Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:49:25 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200510231839.j9NIdHnj002910@freefall.freebsd.org> <200606190856.55473.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060620.233256.345485143.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <20060620.233256.345485143.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200606201249.25983.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:06:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1551/Tue Jun 20 09:37:21 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: linimon@freebsd.org, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha/67626: X crashes an alpha machine, resulting reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:06:17 -0000 On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:32, Kazuyoshi Furutaka wrote: > Dear John, Mark and all others, > > From: John Baldwin > Subject: Re: alpha/67626: X crashes an alpha machine, resulting reboot > Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:56:55 -0400 > > > We'd really need a stacktrace to help. It would also be useful to know > > if more recent versions of the OS (such as 6.1) exhibit the same problems. > > > > As far as getting serial console working, you don't need to create a > > /boot.config file (that is i386-specific). However, you need to get SRM > > to use the serial console and then the loader and kernel will use it. It's > > been a while since I set it up, but I would look at your SRM variables and > > see if there's a CONSOLE variable you can set to SERIAL instead of VIDEO > > (IIRC). You can then try running 'init' from SRM to restart SRM which > > should then show up on your serial console. You might be able to find more > > definitive instructions on using SRM with a serial console via a web search. > > Well, could you tell me how I can collect more information from > the current installation, in addition to the attached ? > > Later I'll test more recent versions... A 0x670 vector machine check indicates a hardware failure specific to the CPU such as a cache failure. -- John Baldwin