Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 20:18:19 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org>, paul@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, wollman@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Panic during boot under current Message-ID: <200006051918.UAA00878@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org> of "Mon, 05 Jun 2000 18:23:19 BST." <vs6aRUAHI%2BO5EwK2@knigma.org>
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> In article <200005302211.PAA39853@bubba.whistle.com>, Archie Cobbs > <archie@whistle.com> writes > >Brian Somers writes: > >> Also (Mark sits beside me at work), is there anyone else out there > >> that actually runs FreeBSD-current under VMWare (irrespective of the > >> host OS) ? > > This problem has now been traced down to a bug in the lnc driver, where > multiple instances are installed. > > This surfaced as a result of changes made on 16th May. Specifically, the lnc driver declares NLNC softcs. Mark has an isa style ``device lnc0'' in his config and then uses vmware with two configured devices. config <kernel> produces lnc.h which contains ``#define NLNC 1'' and if_lnc_pci.c dives in and starts writing to the second softc. I'll look at fixing this at some point if you don't have time Paul :-I This may have broken because Paul changed the softc decl from static to just global (so that the other if_lnc*.c modules can get at it).... either that or Mark has been ``just lucky'' so far and the lnc driver has never worked properly with more than one device. This would neatly explain why he's seen funny errors in the past - one of them was a message to you Garrett saying that your npx.c modification to do no more than output a boot-time diagnostic seemed to screw up his kernel !!! > -- > Mark Knight PGP Public Key: finger mkn@knigma.org -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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