kern/96927: Loader(8) cause kernel death on "boot -a"

Intron intron at intron.ac
Sun May 7 17:00:30 UTC 2006


>Number:         96927
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Loader(8) cause kernel death on "boot -a"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 07 17:00:28 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Intron
>Release:        6.2-RC2, 7.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
China
>Environment:
6.2-RC2, 7.0-CURRENT(CVSUPed 2 days ago)
Machine 1: Intel Celeron 1.7GHz, Intel 845 Chipset
Machine 2: COMPAQ(HP) laptop 2558AI (Intel Pentium 4)
>Description:
If you type "boot -a" in loader(8) prompt and press [ENTER],
the kernel will die when it just prompt you to choose root file system.

This bug doesn't exist in 6.2-RC1.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Kernel debugger cannot be started when kernel dies.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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