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Date:      Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:43:01 -0800
From:      Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        Yoshiaki Kasahara <kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vge problem
Message-ID:  <20091204184301.GG16491@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <20091205.032645.157250901747305575.kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>
References:  <20091203230810.GA16491@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20091204.144735.305071699021342045.kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp> <20091204173601.GD16491@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20091205.032645.157250901747305575.kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>

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On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 03:26:45AM +0900, Yoshiaki Kasahara wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:36:01 -0800,
> 	Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> said:
> 
> >> After I rebooted with the new kernel, the boot sequence stopped just
> >> after setting hostname.
> >> 
> >> Setting hostname: elvenbow.cc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
> >> msk0: Uncorrectable PCI Express error
> >> vge0: link state changed to DOWN
> >> msk0: link state changed to DOWN
> >> (stop)
> >> 
> >> The system didn't completely freeze. I can push "Scroll Lock" and
> >> "Page Up/Down" to browse the boot messages, but sometimes it stopped
> >> responding to my input for a second. Ctrl-C had no effect and I had to
> >> hit the reset button. Now my PC is synchronizing degraded gmirror
> >> volume...(ouch)
> >> 
> > 
> > I'm not sure why it would get stuck. You touched only vge(4),
> > right?
> 
> Yes, I only touched vge(4). I believe that "msk0: Uncorretable PCI
> Express error" wasn't relevant to the freeze because it also happened

Most cases you can ignore that message.

> before I replaced vge(4). I guess the system froze while initializing
> vge(4), but I'm not really sure actually.

Yes, that's also possible. But I can't explain how the patch can
freeze the box. Another user also reported the similar vge(4) issue
in private mail and tried the same patch and he could successfully
boot with patched vge(4). Unfortunately the issue does not seem to
fix his issue. I'm still working on it.

> 
> What can I do to narrow the cause of problems? Is it useful to build
> kernel with options KDB and DDB?
> 

Yes.



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