Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:10:44 -0400 From: Theodore Knab <tjk@annapolislinux.org> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: ETINC bwmgr on FreeBSD 4.4: Possible memory problems ? Message-ID: <20040409181044.GA18389@annapolislinux.org>
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Hi, I have a Dennis device, the ETINC bandwidth shaper. ;-)
It runs Free-BSD version 4.4 running ET/BWMGR v3.23d.
This ETINC device is a bridged firewall and exhibiting strange behavior when I
run CPU intensive tasks.
For example, I recently recompiled the kernel with the BWMGR daemon running and
'make depend' kept existing with a SIGNAL 27.
I was adding these items to the LOCAL kernel.
options BRIDGE
options IPFILTER
options IPFILTER_LOG
device scbus # SCSI bus (required)
After putting the device in fail-over [also know as turning off the BWMGR daemon] 'make'
was able to compile my new kernel.
Additionally, I added the ports tree to my ETINC device. So, that
I could use BASH, my favorite shell. After compiling, BASH and installing I
accidently typed 'make clean' in the '/usr/ports ' directory.
Rather than stopping the process, I figured it would not hurt anything. 'make clean' just
cleans up the object files right ? Anyways, the ETINC box crashed.
The BWMGR core dumped:
Apr 8 12:05:39 maddog /kernel: pid 582 (bwmgrd), uid 0: exited on signal 8 (core dumped)
I am also getting this error on the box when looking at text:
bash-2.05# tail -f /var/log/messages | grep -i 'IP .*->25)'
Profiling timer expired
This 'profiling time expired' was interrupting my kernel compilation also and leading on to
SIGNAL 27's. So, I think they are related.
Before Dennis, the ETINC support, learned that I was making modifications to his
appliance, he said that I could have some bad memory. After I told him I made the
above to one of his boxes, he chastised me and told me he could not support a
hacked up box.
Does this sound like a memory problem or a bleeding bwmgrd problem ?
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Ted Knab
Chester, Maryland 21619 USA
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Conquest is easy. Control is not.
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