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Date:      Tue, 18 Mar 2003 07:57:20 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Andrea Venturoli <ml.ventu@flashnet.it>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bpf -> kernel panic
Message-ID:  <20030318055720.GB9681@gothmog.gr>
In-Reply-To: <200303171815.h2HIFIKv001501@soth.ventu>
References:  <200303171815.h2HIFIKv001501@soth.ventu>

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On 2003-03-17 19:15, Andrea Venturoli <ml.ventu@flashnet.it> wrote:
> ** Reply to note from IAccounts <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:57:31 -0500 (EST)
> > As it looks like you have compiled yourself a custom kernel, you
> > didn't accidently set 'device bpf 1' did you? I think by default
> > in 4.7 it's 4.
>
> I have:
>
> ># The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
> ># Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
> >pseudo-device   bpf             #Berkeley packet filter
>
> which I think imposes the default limit of 4.
>
> Anyway, even if I exceed this limit, what I would expect (and always
> got) was a "no device available"-like message, not a kernel panic!

Can you try building yourself a kernel with debugging information and
get a crash dump from the panic?

See:
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html

- Giorgos


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