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Date:      Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:29:50 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
Cc:        alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removing VGA card panics the box on boot
Message-ID:  <20041115202950.GB59855@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20041115185514.GA65300@ip.net.ua>
References:  <20041115081659.GA30262@ip.net.ua> <200411151112.49535.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20041115185514.GA65300@ip.net.ua>

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On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 08:55:14PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote..
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 11:12:49AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Monday 15 November 2004 03:16 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I needed the unused PCI VGA card for testing another machine,
> > > so I pulled it out from my AlphaPC 164SX, and that gave me an
> > >
> > > instant panic on boot:
> > > : Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> > > : Timecounter "alpha" frequency 533183689 Hz quality 800
> > > : Timecounters tick every 0.976 msec
> > > : panic: mtx_lock() of spin mutex (null) @ /usr/src/sys/netinet/igmp.=
c:431
> > > : cpuid =3D 0
> > > : KDB: enter: panic
> > > : [thread 100004]
> > > : Stopped at      kdb_enter+0x48: or      zero,zero,zero  <zero=3D0x0>
> > > : db>
> > >
> > > Putting it back in results in normal behavior (no panic).
> > > Any hints?
> >=20
> > Sounds like something is messing with free'd memory through a stale poi=
nter=20
> > and happens to be trashing that spin mutex as a result.  Not sure on ho=
w to=20
> > track it down however.
> >=20
> The funny thing is that it happens in exactly this same place,
> and only when I pull the VGA card out.  ;)

5.3-<mumble> didn't do that to me for my DS10 when I took the VGA card
out.

SRM setting CONSOLE=3Dserial right?  (should be but heh...)

--=20
Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org



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