From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 23 18:23:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A35A516A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:23:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from united.networks.org (united.networks.org [209.209.49.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D57A43D31 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:23:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hogan@ninthgate.net) Received: by united.networks.org (Postfix, from userid 101) id C84D0B744; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:22:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:22:54 -0700 From: Hogan Whittall To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041123182254.GB10721@ninthgate.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Header: It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand... X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:10:29 +0000 Subject: Random panics with 5.3-REL, SMP X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: hogan@ninthgate.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:23:21 -0000 Hi all, I've been running 5.3-REL for a couple of weeks now and have run into various problems with panics. Initially I had a wireless card that wasn't supported natively, so I made use of the NDIS wrapper. This worked "ok" but was buggy and the card/driver would stop talking on the WLAN randomly, fix was to bounce the interface and it worked fine for a while longer. At one point downing the interface caused a panic, so I swapped out the wireless card with one supported natively. Works like a charm...at least wireless does. I'm still getting random panics, however. Doesn't appear to be related to anything in particular and seems to usually happen after being up for 1-2 days. I've attempted to get a coredump but the last panic wedged while dumping to disk. I'm going to be out of town for a week and won't have access to the box, but if anyone has experienced something like this before and knows of a fix, please let me know. Here are the specs of the machine: Dell PE6450 server, 4xP3-700 Xeon, 4gb ram, system disks reside on a 2 disk RAID1 attached to a MegaRAID controller. Wireless is a D-Link DWL-G520-B, also has Intel Pro/100 ethernet. Large storage is fiber-connected Clariion FC5700 via two QLA2200-C 64-bit PCI cards. Also attached via AIC-7899 controller is a DDS3 tape backup. Any hints or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I can test and give the results when I get back from Thanksgiving vacation. -- H. Whittall hogan@ninthgate.net