From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jan 7 22:59:40 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA12724 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 22:59:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA12717 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 22:59:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA63595; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 08:58:59 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA17036; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 08:58:55 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199901080658.IAA17036@greenpeace.grondar.za> To: Steve Watt cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IRQ entropy causes panics? In-Reply-To: Your message of " Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:31:22 PST." <19990106003122.A1906@wattres.Watt.COM> References: <19990106003122.A1906@wattres.Watt.COM> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 08:58:54 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Watt wrote: > I have just finished setting up my 2.2.8-STABLE box, and I just noticed an > "interesting" bug. If one configures the rand_irq in rc.conf to be a > reasonable-seeming set (the PCI bus 0 irq and some serial ports that only > get used for UUCP), the system seems to become quite unstable, and panics > fairly regularly (every few hours, but quite variable) with a stack trace > very similar to: Don't hook Irq 0, it is not very random; hook your serial ports, SCSI controller and Ethernet card; those all work pretty well. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message