Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:49:34 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: dg@root.com, Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> Cc: FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Today's -CURRENT dies with "ffs_blkfree: bad size" Message-ID: <19981116084934.B445@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199811151504.HAA01894@root.com>; from David Greenman on Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 07:04:16AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9811150813210.4788-100000@orion.webspan.net> <199811151504.HAA01894@root.com>
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On Sunday, 15 November 1998 at 7:04:16 -0800, David Greenman wrote: >>> Anybody else seen this? >> >> Greg, >> >> I *BELIEVE* this is related to davids changes that he made 2-3 days ago I >> think. Turning off a sysctl should work I just cant remember which one. >> David can tell you though. I think it has to do with non standard block >> sizes on FS's? I might be wrong. > > vfs.ffs.doreallocblks=0 will disable the new code. We don't know what is > causing this yet, but if someone could get a crash dump along with a kernel > built with -g and make them available on freefall then Kirk McKusick will > investigate. Well, I have a dump and a -g kernel, but it'll take forever to get a dump to freefall. If Kirk's prepared to debug it locally, he's welcome. Otherwise be prepared for quite a delay. Kirk, let me know. The net connection here's adequate--send me a master.passwd entry if you want to do it. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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