Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:18:47 -0400 From: Mark Moellering <mark@msen.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: onemda@gmail.com Subject: Re: Ndis driver causes kernel problems on boot Message-ID: <4CB5E9F7.20203@msen.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=N-L6EC%2Bv-=mCSrxVQr%2B1yzGkJwf5AmY1fsSqy@mail.gmail.com> References: <4CB5E145.4030900@msen.com> <AANLkTi=N-L6EC%2Bv-=mCSrxVQr%2B1yzGkJwf5AmY1fsSqy@mail.gmail.com>
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On 13-Oct-10 12:47 PM, Paul B Mahol wrote: > On 10/13/10, Mark Moellering<mark@msen.com> wrote: >> I created a driver for my rtl8187 SE in my MSI Wind netbook using ndisgen. >> I placed the driver , rtl8187Se_sys.ko in /boot/modules >> >> I added rtl8187Se_sys_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf >> >> I can kldload rtl8187Se_sys and everything seems OK. >> If I reboot, however, I get the following error during boot (truncated >> to what I think is the relevant info); >> >> Fata trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode >> cpuid = 0; apic id = 00 >> fault virtual address = 0xf00032d4 >> fault code = supervisor read, page not present >> ... >> current process = 12 (swi4: clock) >> >> I am a little lost at this point. If I start in bootloader prompt mode, >> I type; >> OK> unload >> OK> load /boot/kernel/kernel >> OK> boot >> >> and everything works fine. >> >> Any and all help is appreciated. > Some miniport drivers (or newer versions of drivers) tend to cause this. > Workaround is to not use loader.conf to load miniport driver (in your > case it is rtl8187Se_sys.ko) and instead load them (manually or > automatically) after boot. > OK thanks. How would I do that exactly (automatically). I think I need to create a shell script to execute the kldload commands but I am not sure how/where I should call it. Thanks for your help. I am getting a little burned out from reading man pages. Any and all help is apprciated Thanks for your help. Mark Moellering
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