Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 01:25:05 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, markm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: panic: random.ko Message-ID: <20040421082505.GA75715@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040421082013.GA650@isis.wad.cz> References: <20040405003553.GG27087@isis.wad.cz> <20040405020207.GA44906@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040421082013.GA650@isis.wad.cz>
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--17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 10:20:14AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # kris@obsecurity.org / 2004-04-04 19:02:07 -0700: > > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 02:35:53AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > Booting a kernel with random compiled in, and load_random=3DYES in > > > loader.conf causes a panic very similar to the one described here: > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-alpha/2003-August/000656.h= tml > > >=20 > > > "Hi Mark, please fix random.ko" :-) > >=20 > > Sounds like a generic module problem that is known to exist on > > FreeBSD. "Don't do that" is the solution. > >=20 > > You can unload the preloaded kernel and/or modules from the loader to > > prevent it from panicking at boot, then modify loader.conf. >=20 > The fun part (and reason I asked whether there was a way to tell > loader to ignore loader.con) was that "unload" didn't help, it > showed the kernel and modules were unloaded, but subsequent > =20 > load <kernel> > boot >=20 > or >=20 > boot <kernel> >=20 > loaded the the modules again, and I had to "disable-module" for > every individual module, about twelve times. Is that normal > behavior, or was there a pilot error somewhere? I think it's expected behaviour. My fingers know what to do to stop this, but my brain can't remember it right now :-) Kris --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAhi/eWry0BWjoQKURAkT8AJ0Xet03/Dh+fND/+V5fToGeYJKRwQCeIjHs uHNP7laDmXqJwCg40BMD6Qc= =Uqfw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp--
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