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Date:      Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:46:07 -0500 (EST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP stability ? [was Re: more info from panic from running dnet on SMP kernel]
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021117144423.93303G-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <200211171136.39509.thierry@herbelot.com>

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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Thierry Herbelot wrote:

> Even make -j1 buildworld with the SMP kernel ends with a complete freeze
> of the machine (the kernel does not go to a panic where I could try a
> backtrace) 

I've seen several reports that using a serial break to get into ddb is now
quite a bit more reliable than a keyboard break.  If you're not already
using a serial console, you might want to give it a try (make sure to turn
on BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER and/or ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER). 

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert@fledge.watson.org      Network Associates Laboratories


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