reboot without any info

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Tue Dec 21 09:21:39 PST 2004


In message: <1103489622.5226.6.camel at server.mcneil.com>
            Sean McNeil <sean at mcneil.com> writes:
: I think everyone has hardware fault on the brain right now.  Please note
: that the system works perfectly - even under extreme load - until the
: moment I run totem in the debugger.  Then it is instant.  I would never
: consider this behavior as hardware related.

In that case, you may be stuck with debugging the debugging process.
adding printfs to the perimeter (with a serial console), and gradually
worming your way in.  Not all printfs happen in some cases, so there
may be some abiguity that may drive you nuts...

Chances are the kernel/debugger is restoring state bogusly, and that
we're jumping to that bogus state, causing the reset (most likely in
kernel mode).

Warner


More information about the freebsd-current mailing list