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Date:      Wed, 15 May 2002 19:48:14 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: memory management fault during netbooting on 4.6-PRERELEASE
Message-ID:  <20020515194814.A98844@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <15586.63656.192672.240973@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Wed, May 15, 2002 at 08:09:12PM -0400
References:  <20020514235608.A69014@xor.obsecurity.org> <15586.25465.541559.66681@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20020515165719.A94539@xor.obsecurity.org> <15586.63656.192672.240973@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 08:09:12PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>=20
> Kris Kennaway writes:
>  > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 09:32:41AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>  > >=20
>  > > Kris Kennaway writes:
>  > >  > I'm seeing the following on the alpha package cluster when trying=
 to
>  > >  > netboot a 4.6-PRERELEASE kernel:
>  > >=20
>  > > <...>
>  > >=20
>  > >  >     pc         =3D 0x0
>  > >  >     ra         =3D 0xfffffc000056bcc0
>  > >=20
>  > > Something followed a null function pointer.
>  > >=20
>  > > Can you run gdb on the corresponding kernel.debug & see what
>  > > 'list *0xfffffc000056bcc0' shows for the caller?
>  >=20
>  > Unfortunately I'm not getting a crashdump because it's happening
>  > during the boot process.
>=20
> We're just using gdb to translate that address to a line number, so
> you don't need a crashdump; just do what I asked.  Here's an example:

The reason I thought I needed a crashdump is because when I do that
command I get this:

axp0# gdb kernel.debug
GNU gdb 4.18
Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain condition=
s.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "alpha-unknown-freebsd"...
(gdb) l *0xfffffc000056bcc0
No source file for address 0xfffffc000056bcc0.

Kris

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