Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 08:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: kern/6044: FreeBSD-3.0 Reboots Message-ID: <199803171650.IAA23788@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/6044; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: delaitt@cpc.wmin.ac.uk, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Subject: Re: kern/6044: FreeBSD-3.0 Reboots Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:41:04 +0100 On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 08:05:30AM -0800, delaitt@cpc.wmin.ac.uk wrote: > > >Number: 6044 > >Category: kern > >Synopsis: FreeBSD-3.0 Reboots > >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 Mar 17 08:10:01 PST 1998 > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Thierry Delaitre > >Organization: > Centre for Parallel Computing > >Release: 3.0-980313-SNAP > >Environment: > FreeBSD seth.cpc.wmin.ac.uk 3.0-980313-SNAP FreeBSD 3.0-980313-SNAP #0: Fri Mar 13 21:16:33 GMT 1998 root@seth.cpc.wmin.ac.uk:/usr/src/sys/compile/SETH i386 > >Description: > I installed the 3.0-980302-SNAP distribution and the kernel is currently > 3.0-980313-SNAP. The machine is configured as a workstation and also as > a mail server which exports /var/mail directory to other FreeBSD, SunOS, > and Solaris workstations. Apparently, when someone reads his mail, the > machine reboots automatically without any prior warning. > > I installed FreeBSD-3.0 because FreeBSD-2.2.5 does not include all the > drivers such as the Ultra DMA driver which is needed for my Pentium II. > >How-To-Repeat: > When users try to access large mailbox and/or when they starts a second > mail reader while an existing one is already started. > > Unfortunately, it is not obvious to repeat the problem :-( > > It would help if the FreeBSD box can report an error message before > rebooting. > >Fix: > It would help if the FreeBSD box can report an error message before > rebooting. First - the Ultra DMA driver is not required to run a Pentium II. We use Pentium IIs on 2.2.5 fine. Second: The problem sounds like a bug in the NFS-handling, and a lot of such bugs were fixed on the 15th. However, I'm not certain the kernel as of the moment is stable WRT file-systems (we've had conflicting reports), so I would be very careful about being bleeding edge right now. (Unless you have extremely good backup, that is ;-) Third: Bugs in -current should usually be reported to current@freebsd.org, not sent in using send-pr. Current is moving too fast for PRs to be really useful unless the bug is already long-standing. Is it OK for you if I close this PR? Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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