From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 12 19:43:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0186216A406 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:43:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ftigeot@aoi.wolfpond.org) Received: from aoi.wolfpond.org (gw.zefyris.com [213.41.131.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BAB743D4C for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:43:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ftigeot@aoi.wolfpond.org) Received: from aoi.wolfpond.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aoi.wolfpond.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3CJh67S038604 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:43:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ftigeot@aoi.wolfpond.org) Received: (from ftigeot@localhost) by aoi.wolfpond.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k3CJh6eG038603 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:43:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ftigeot) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:43:06 +0200 From: Francois Tigeot To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060412194306.GA38383@aoi.wolfpond.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Instant crash with FreeBSD 6.1-RC and 4GB RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:43:12 -0000 Hello, I just tried booting a FreeBSD-6.1-RC1/amd64 CD in a machine with an Athlon-64 X2 4400+ and 4GB of memory. The mainboard is an Asus A8V-E-SE. The kernel displays its copyright and then crashes almost instantly. The screen is filled with the letter 'k' and the machine reboots soon after that. Here is a copy of the verbose boot messages (transcripted by hand): SMAP type=01 base=0000000000000000 len=000000000009f400 SMAP type=02 base=00000000000f0000 len=0000000000010000 SMAP type=02 base=00000000fec00000 len=0000000001400000 SMAP type=02 base=00000000e0000000 len=0000000010000000 SMAP type=03 base=00000000afee3000 len=000000000000d000 SMAP type=04 base=00000000afee0000 len=0000000000003000 SMAP type=02 base=000000000009f400 len=0000000000000c00 SMAP type=02 base=00000000afef0000 len=0000000000010000 SMAP type=01 base=0000000000100000 len=00000000afde0000 SMAP type=01 base=0000000100000000 len=0000000050000000 Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 6.1-RC1 #0: Mon Apr 10 20:16:14 UTC 2006 root@bloom.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC (crash here) If the memory is limited to 3GB in the BIOS, FreeBSD boots as expected. I would appreciate if someone could share some insight about this problem. TIA, -- Francois Tigeot