Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:18:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@unixhelp.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Doug <Studded@gorean.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, mckusick@mckusick.com Subject: Re: BUF_LOCK() related panic.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906272217520.88567-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <19990627234906.A1F9481@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > Doug wrote: > > Please forgive me if this is a naive question, but could this problem a > lso > > relate to why starting netscape now panic's my system? I have a UP celeron > > 300a system and with the most recent -current I can boot fine, startx fine, > > but as soon as I try to start netscape the system locks and reboots. > > > > I can add DDB and do all that stuff if needed, however if it's possible > > that this problem is the cause I will simply wait for the fix. > > I suspect you were running into a problem in swap_pager.c. If anything is > going to make your system swap, netscape will be it. I *think* I fixed Hmm... you don't think doing grep -500s on a cdev (hdd, actually) will cause REALLY horrible swapping/disk-reading behavior? *grin* > that particular problem in swap_pager about an hour or so ago. The > cluster_wbuild() problem is still lurking though, best advice is to > backtrack a bit. > > > Thanks, > > > > Doug > > Cheers, > -Peter > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ green@FreeBSD.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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