From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 24 15:41:18 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 45CC516A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:41:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail1.speakeasy.net (mail1.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E193543D41 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:41:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 24559 invoked from network); 24 Nov 2004 15:41:17 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 24 Nov 2004 15:41:17 -0000 Received: from [10.50.41.235] (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAOFf5WX043775; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:41:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, hogan@ninthgate.net Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:22:05 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20041123182254.GB10721@ninthgate.net> In-Reply-To: <20041123182254.GB10721@ninthgate.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200411241022.05611.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx Subject: Re: Random panics with 5.3-REL, SMP X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:41:18 -0000 On Tuesday 23 November 2004 01:22 pm, Hogan Whittall wrote: > 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. Do you have a panic message? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org