Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:37:12 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: n j <nino80@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD crashes Message-ID: <47F620F8.5010206@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <92bcbda50804010852s20e5d681y9d2d2a4cd9e9adea@mail.gmail.com> References: <92bcbda50804010613p3cd927e4g4a3c3c7820a6a06e@mail.gmail.com> <002e01c893fd$2bb5e8d0$3202a8c0@glattwerk.local> <92bcbda50804010852s20e5d681y9d2d2a4cd9e9adea@mail.gmail.com>
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n j wrote: >> I hope someone can help me. I have started to experience >> seemingly random crashes causing FreeBSD to shutdown and >> power off the machine. The only trace I can find as far as >> the reason for the crash is concerned are the following >> excerpts from /var/log/messages: >> >> Mar 23 11:52:36 myhostname kernel: <<22>N>NMIMN NIMIMII IISISSSAAA >> A 20,22 200E,0,I, S EIEEASI ISAAS f Aff ff >> Mar 23 11:52:36 myhostname kernel: f >> Mar 23 11:52:36 myhostname kernel: >> Mar 23 11:52:36 myhostname kernel: f< >> Mar 23 11:52:36 myhostname kernel: 2<>2> >> Mar 23 11:52:36 myhostname kernel: f >> Mar 23 11:52:36 myhostname kernel: >> Mar 23 11:52:47 myhostname syslogd: exiting on signal 15 >> Mar 23 13:04:32 myhostname syslogd: kernel boot file is >> /boot/kernel/kernel > > Small update: I have received some feedback that this seemingly random > junk is related to ipfw > (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=116458). > > However, I have also received information that this junk might not be > completely random and could be, in fact, related to NMI (non-maskable > interrupt) which would suggest hardware error. Any thoughts on this? > Yep, it's definitely a NMI (interleaved from several CPUs at once) which most likely means hardware failure. Kris
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