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Date:      Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:09:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        se@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Current -Stable less stable then that of March 26
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.92.960414000753.14402C-100000@freebsd.ki.net>
In-Reply-To: <199604140329.MAA11898@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, Michael Smith wrote:

> Marc G. Fournier stands accused of saying:
> >
> > 	Well, I just upgraded my -stable source tree last night, installed
> > a new kernel early this morning, and so far I've had two panic's, so I've
> > plugged back in my March 26th kernel that was substantially more -stable.
> >
> > 	Latest panic:
> >
> > ncr_start+0x4a7: movl _APTD+0xfe4(%ebp,%eax)
>
> Unh?  I have four NCR-using machines at -stable, and they all work jus'
> fine.  Have you perhaps wound out the PCI bus latency timer beyond 32,
> or do you have some other PCI hardware in this box that's griefing you?
>
	-stable as of Friday night?  As I stated above, my March 26th kernel
didn't exhibit this problem, which I'm currently running without any problems
*knock on wood*

> > 	There is *no* trace available on this, and when I panic, I get a
> > dump device not ready, so no core dump.
>
> It sounds like your disk controller is provoking you into the panic,
> so it's hardly likely that you're going to be able to use it for a dump.
>
> You _really_ need to talk to Stefan about this.
>
	Stefan...are you out there?

Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org




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