Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 07:35:20 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues... Message-ID: <XFMail.011115073520.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3BF3D0DA.2030805@yahoo.com>
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On 15-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: > I am in the process of switching to a USB keyboard with a PS/2 to USB mouse > port on the KB [freeing IRQ 12]. > > The keyboard works, the mouse works. > > My problem here is in getting past the BTX loader WITHOUT the AT keyboard > attached. How would I keep BTX from freezing when it > can't see the AT keyboard? Huh? What actual problem is BTX giving you? I boot lots of machines headless, and have used USB keyboards on machines in the past. > Also, after over a month of not being able to buildworld with SMP-current, I > managed to build a kernel from the same sources that I > built my last SMP kernel with [yesterday's -current], except this time it was > in uniprocessor configuration, and now I don't get the > random panics which were most obvious when attempting to buildworld over the > past month or so [I have tried new kernels about every > week for over a month, all have had the same issues]. > > I have read that others seem to be having problems in SMP, and I guess I am > not alone. I saved the SMP kernel, so I can still boot > into it, but these seem to be random, and I could sit for a minute or for an > hour before I get to a point where I can even see the > panic, but if any tracebacks are needed, I do have the debugger in, assuming > this problem isn't already known. What kind of panics? When you get a panic, please post it to the list along with a trace and any other useful debug info. We can't fix bugs we don't know about. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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