From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 13:32:27 2003 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 26A5937B404 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from godel.mtl.distributel.net (nat.MTL.distributel.NET [66.38.181.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F84943F85 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:32:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmilekic@technokratis.com) Received: from godel.mtl.distributel.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h6UGbPWX024163; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:37:25 GMT (envelope-from bmilekic@technokratis.com) Received: (from bmilekic@localhost) by godel.mtl.distributel.net (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h6UGbPtl024155; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:37:25 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: godel.mtl.distributel.net: bmilekic set sender to bmilekic@technokratis.com using -f Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:37:24 +0000 From: Bosko Milekic To: Stephane Raimbault Message-ID: <20030730163724.GA3630@technokratis.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1-R kernel panic 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, 30 Jul 2003 20:32:27 -0000 On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 11:02:05AM -0600, Stephane Raimbault wrote: > Hi Bosko, > > Thank you for your suggestion. I am a little un-easy about upgrading my > system from -RELEASE to -CURRENT. Did you mean, simply upgrading the kernel > to -CURRENT, or the entire system? Due to potential sync issues between userland and kernel, if you're going to do this, it would probably be a good idea to rebuild everything. This is especially true if you're using something like the linuxulator, or whatever we call linux emulation these days. :-) > I'll think of a way I can continue this testing with you so that we can make > sure this problem is resolved. It might take me a couple days for me to > safeguard my data and come up with a backup plan for my system should > upgrading to -current blows up my system :) > > If it's just a question of upgrading the kernel, then I can probably > implement that sooner rather then later, so let me know if it's just the > kernel, or the entire /usr/src system you would like me to upgrade. Unfortunately, unless you're ready to do some rather complicated manual merging, I would recommend making sure that you have backups, then cvsupping to latest -current, doing cd /usr/src && make buildworld && make buildkernel && make installkernel && make installworld && mergemaster. Tread carefully, as always. Alternately, you can wait to see if the recent changes fix the same panic for other people who have been seeing it. Bonne chance. :-) > Thanks, > Stephane. -- Bosko Milekic * bmilekic@technokratis.com * bmilekic@FreeBSD.org TECHNOkRATIS Consulting Services * http://www.technokratis.com/