Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:14:49 +0530 From: "Gautham Ganapathy" <gauthamg123list@myrealbox.com> To: "FreeBSD.org - Hackers" <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Fw: ? sysctl -a crashed the GENERIC kernel Message-ID: <019001c1d60a$fc4dd1e0$1901a8c0@itg.ti.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautham Ganapathy" <gauthamg123list@myrealbox.com> To: "FreeBSD.org - Questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: <gauthamg123@myrealbox.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:06 AM Subject: ? sysctl -a crashed the GENERIC kernel > Hi > > I installed FreeBSD 4.5 from the freebsdmall feb2002 cd. after > installation, i ran sysctl -a and the kernel (GENERIC) crashed > (accessing a non-existant page). i tried it a few more times it crashed > consistently. it stopped after i recompiled the kernel. is this due to a > problem in the default kernel ? i am running on an athlon thunderbird > 850, asus a7v m/b, 256 mb ram > > the error was > > Fatal trap 12 : page fault while in kernel mode > fault address = 0x6351ec0c > fault code = supervisor read, page not found > instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc022007c > stack pointer = 0x10:0xede0ebf8 > frame pointer = 0x10:0xcde0ee20 > code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xffffff, type 0x1b > = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 > current process = 228 (sysctl) > interrupt mask = > trap number = 12 > panic : page fault > > what is the stuff given in the second line of code segment mean (pres, > def32, ...) ? > > > regards > gautham > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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