From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 23 21:20:00 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E35FA9F for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58D341CE2 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s0NLK0vB023422 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s0NLK0oN023420; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:20:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201401232120.s0NLK0oN023420@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Steven Spence Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66F1D8E2 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:14:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org (oldred.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 526721C9A for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:14:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.6]) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s0NLE0Lo094422 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:14:00 GMT (envelope-from nobody@oldred.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id s0NLE0gA094406; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:14:00 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201401232114.s0NLE0gA094406@oldred.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:14:00 GMT From: Steven Spence To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Subject: amd64/186051: FreeBSD 8.4+, 9.x+, 10.0 guest panic with VMWare Server on boot X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:57:09 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:20:00 -0000 >Number: 186051 >Category: amd64 >Synopsis: FreeBSD 8.4+, 9.x+, 10.0 guest panic with VMWare Server on boot >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-amd64 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 23 21:20:00 UTC 2014 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steven Spence >Release: 8.4, 9.2, 10.0 >Organization: >Environment: I don't get that far. >Description: I posted to the forums about this about 6 months ago but nobody ever responded: https://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?&t=40223 With the arrival of 10.0 I decided to try it again with the same results. I am using VMWare Server 1.0.10 that is installed on a AMD64 CentOS 5.9 box. I have a few 8.3 installs of FreeBSD running fine on it but any attempts to move to newer versions have resulted in a kernel panic on boot. If I move from 8.3 to 8.4 (via a rebuild of kernel/world) it occurs so it appears something changed between those two versions that is causing it. So far every newer version than 8.3 has resulted in the same panic. To remove any possibility of me maybe having messed up building the kernel or the world I downloaded a 9.2 and 10.0 install CD but the results are the same, a kernel panic on boot. The kernel panic is always similar (usually different addresses). I know VMWare Server is someone antiquated but the virtual hardware has not changed and it does work on FreeBSD <8.3 as I have upgraded from older versions in the past with it. >How-To-Repeat: Install VMWare Server 1.0.10 on an AMD64 CentOS 5.9 (not sure if the arch/OS is relevant) machine and try to install a newer FreeBSD (>8.3). >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: