From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 25 22:38:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB75A1065673; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:38:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout020.mac.com (asmtpout020.mac.com [17.148.16.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D85F08FC25; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:38:26 +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 renu-lt-x61.jnpr.net (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp020.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.03 (built Aug 7 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KFN003OJ5FM0B90@asmtp020.mac.com>; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:38:10 -0800 (PST) Message-id: <0E097221-43AD-45C7-9293-1117E1FC68C5@mac.com> From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <49A57020.1080603@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:38:10 -0800 References: <49A57020.1080603@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: Brokenness in HEAD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:38:27 -0000 On Feb 25, 2009, at 8:21 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > Something seems to currently be quite broken in HEAD for PowerPC, at > least on the AIM platform. I'm getting almost immediate panics all > over the place in the kernel, usually indicating memory corruption > somehow (faults on bogus addresses, illegal instructions, etc...). > This is a heads-up to those thinking of updating systems or who > might know what happened. > > The change is on order a week old, and I believe newer than the > 20th. I have not done a full binary search yet, but it is not > related to the following (checked by selective reversion of bits of > the tree, or disabling bits): > - USB code USB2 works on my G4 mini. I'm running rev 188699 on it... -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com