From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 00:00:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8EDF1065675 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F2688FC13 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p1F00LP1000448 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p1F00LX9000443; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:21 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201102150000.p1F00LX9000443@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Théophile Studer Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA191065693 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:52:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F938FC1B for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:52:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p1ENqOVQ041210 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:52:24 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p1ENqOLM041209; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:52:24 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201102142352.p1ENqOLM041209@red.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:52:24 GMT From: Théophile Studer To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: conf/154788: FreeBSD sysinstall crashes if no network interface found X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:21 -0000 >Number: 154788 >Category: conf >Synopsis: FreeBSD sysinstall crashes if no network interface found >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 15 00:00:20 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Théophile Studer >Release: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: EPFL >Environment: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:36:49 UTC 2010 root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: FreeBSD 8.1 (even 8.2RC3) sysinstall crashes if it cannot detect or configure a network interface. Moreover, if sysinstall is run during installation the system if forced to reboot after this crash. FreeBSD 8.1 or 8.2RC3 see my ethernet card but is unable to correctly configure it. It shows in dmesg with re0 but doesn't appear in ifconfig. With this configuration sysinstall crashes. On FreeBSD 9-CURRENT, my ethernet is still not properly configured as in 8.1, but sysinstall doesn't crash anymore. >How-To-Repeat: Try to configure the network using sysintall. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: