5.2-RELEASE kernel panic (page fault) in if_ath.ko

[Ion-Mihai Tetcu]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:03:01 -0800 (PST)
Matthew Fremont <m_fremont at yahoo.com> wrote:

> In the last 24hrs I've experienced several page fault
> panics on my 5.2-RELEASE system. Panics appear to be
> related to Samba and NFS traffic on a NetGear WG311
> NIC. The NIC is supported by the ath(4) driver, and a
> backtrace of the crash dump suggest that the page
> fault is triggered in the if_ath.ko module.
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1. Should I report this by filing a PR?

As you run the -RELEASE of the development, perhaps it would be better to:
1. See the commit logs for ath, somethings might be change since 5.2.R
(and I think it has)
2. Post on current with details.
3. After this, fill the PR. Also make sure you don't have any optimising
options in /etc/make.conf
 
> 2. Is "kern" the appropriate category?

Yes.

> 3. What information concerning my system configuration
> should be included in the PR?

hard to say, as I don't know what exactly is happening (e.g. panic message, etc.)
dmesg of an boot -v.
Ath chip model/version.
pciconf -l
 
> 4. Would it be helpful for me to try to compile a
> debug version of if_ath.ko and attempt to reproduce
> the problem?

ANY information you can provide to a developer/maintainer is useful, as
he can narrow down his search. Saving his time on searching  means he
has more time to debug your problem or do other work.

If you don't have a debug kernel, recompile with debug options. Provide
a backtrace, etc.



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