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Date:      Mon, 03 Nov 1997 20:09:56 -0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        john hood <cgull+usenet-878428029@smoke.marlboro.vt.us>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   [try this] (Was: ddb broken in -current?)
Message-ID:  <345EA014.15FB7483@whistle.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.971031003336.10876A-100000@current1.whistle.com> <199711020014.TAA09104@smoke.marlboro.vt.us>

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Anyone got a clue?
2 people have seen this now,
can other people try this experiment?


> Julian Elischer writes:
>  >
>  > boot a new -current kernel with:
>  >
>  > Boot: -sd
>  >
>  > when the kernel comes to a stop in the debugger add:
>  >
>  > break vfs_mountrootfs
>  > cont
>  >
>  > when the system breaks on vfs_mountrootfs()
>  > try
>  >
>  > trace
>  >
>  > or
>  >
>  > step
(or in fact almost anything else)

>  >
>  > and get pagefaults..
>  >
>  > Does any one else see this?
>  > (I updates my sources today)

interestingly enough, 'cont' will allow you to continue.
Though, since I'm trying to track down a crash this is not much help,
because it immediatly hits my problem and crashes.

john hood wrote:
> 
> 
> It's a rather smart Heisenbug.
> 
> I'm trying to track down some IDE problems (probably hardware), so I
> try using the early-boot debugger, with 'boot -sd'.  No matter what I
> do in the debugger-- even just immediately continue out of it-- the
> kernel fails to detect my IDE drives and panics on not finding a root
> fs.  If I set a breakpoint, after the breakpoint is hit, I get
> pagefaults when I give any command.
> 
> I think this bug knows where I live.
> 
> I saw this about a week ago then got tied up by other things.

This is also a kernel of about that vintage.



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