From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 15 23:58:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8EC16A417 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:58:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F5513C458 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:58:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5FAC61CC07B; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:58:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:58:10 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Elliot Finley Message-ID: <20071215235810.GA81924@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, User Questions Subject: Re: OS bug in taskq 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: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:58:10 -0000 On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 01:03:14PM -0700, Elliot Finley wrote: > I have: > dumpdev="AUTO" > in /etc/rc.conf and: > ... > in the kernel and I'm still unable to obtain a crash dump. Hopefully > there is enough info in this email for a hacker to point me in the > right direction to debug this. I can't help with the panic itself, but the reason for the inability to obtain a crash dump is mentioned in a thread I started in November: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-November/038069.html The explanation of the problem was documented best by Doug Barton in this thread (over at freebsd-rc@): http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-rc/2007-November/001263.html Open PR: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=118255 -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |