From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 14 19:28:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5115106566C for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:28:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout016.mac.com (asmtpout016.mac.com [17.148.16.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D11458FC18 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:28:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from [172.24.106.128] (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp016.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KMS002TCE36JX30@asmtp016.mac.com> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:28:20 -0700 (PDT) References: <2CBB10B1-6E40-42A1-96DF-BC40E66B5E7E@mac.com> Message-id: From: Marcel Moolenaar To: "Hayer, Sukhjinder" In-reply-to: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (7A341) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:28:14 -0700 Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: 8.1-Current installation panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:28:21 -0000 I have a fix already. Please install with SMP disabled so that I can give you the fix for testing. I'm reluctant to commit it this close to release without knowing if it fixes the problem. FYI -- Marcel On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:08 AM, "Hayer, Sukhjinder" wrote: > Marcel, > Thanks for your reply. But I really don't want to turn off the SMP. > Since I will > Be debugging a problem which happens on a mutiprocessor platform . > So if the SMP is disabled > I may not the exact same behavior . Is there any other possible fix > for this. > > Thanks > Sukhjinder Hayer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcel Moolenaar [mailto:xcllnt@mac.com] > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 5:26 PM > To: Hayer, Sukhjinder > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: 8.1-Current installation panic > > > On Jul 13, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Hayer, Sukhjinder wrote: > >> All, >> I get a panic while installing freeBSD 8.1-CURRENT on IA64 integrity >> server. >> It seems that there is something about the logical processors which >> it's not liking. >> On the EFI when I run cpuconfig , it shows two processor modules ( ID >> 0 and 1 ) and For each processor module it show 2 logical processors. >> Any idea as to how to get past this. > > Interrupt the boot and set the following variable at the loader > prompt: > set kern.smp.disabled=1 > > This disables SMP and should prevent the panic. In the mean time, > I'll look into it. > > FYI, > > -- > Marcel Moolenaar > xcllnt@mac.com > > >