From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 13 21:22:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51EEC16A422 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:22:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from julien.ammous@supinfo.com) Received: from smtp1-g19.free.fr (smtp1-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B250F43D78 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:21:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from julien.ammous@supinfo.com) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (gre92-1-82-67-175-16.fbx.proxad.net [82.67.175.16]) by smtp1-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453356E778; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:21:57 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43F0F876.2060707@supinfo.com> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:21:58 +0100 From: Julien Ammous User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Jeremy References: <43F07CB4.1090207@supinfo.com> <20060213182314.GC705@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20060213182314.GC705@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD6 freeze at boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: julien.a@laposte.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:22:11 -0000 Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Mon, 2006-Feb-13 13:33:56 +0100, Julien Ammous wrote: > >> I use freebsd 6 on my main router without problems since it was released >> > > Is this 6.0-RELEASE, RELENG_6_0 or RELENG_6? > What motherboard are you using? > What CPU is it (you cut this out of your dmesg)? > > I use 6.0-RELEASE here what i cut (i didn't see i removed a part): Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: VIA C3 Nehemiah+RNG+ACE (998.70-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x698 Stepping = 8 Features=0x381b93f And for motherboard you have full details here: http://www.lex.com.tw:8080/product/CV860A.htm Here is the chipsets list: . MB chipset : VIA PLE133 VT8601A and VT82C686B . VGA : Trident graphics integrated in VIA VT8601A chip . Sound : VIA VT1612,AC97 Sound . LAN : 1~ 3 x 10/100Mbps LAN( Optional of Realtek or Intel ) >> The freeze happens after this line: >> npx0: [FAST] >> >> With my understanding of this, it seems it have something against the >> math processor or something near since it is the line following this one. >> > > This implies it's hanging in npx_probe() which suggests that there is > something wrong with the math co-processor interface. > > >> Ps: The kernel is GENERIC, I wait until everything works before >> recompiling a new one. I know there are some warnings but they happen >> after my freeze problem so i don't think they are related, and the >> system works well after booting (when it boots). >> > > What warnings? > I was just speaking about these lines in the dmesg output: unknown: can't assign resources (port) unknown: can't assign resources (memory) unknown: can't assign resources (memory) unknown: can't assign resources (port) unknown: can't assign resources (port) unknown: can't assign resources (port) unknown: can't assign resources (port) > Are you able to successfully use floating point (and get correct answers)? > > What is the simplest way to test it ? I have tried rebooting the computer in loop today (something like 20 times) and it appears that the freeze is really totally random, sometimes it happens, sometimes not and when it freezes the frozen time is also random. Thanks for your help.