Kernel Panic

[John Baldwin]

On 04-Nov-2003 Brian F. Feldman wrote:
> Steve Ames <steve at energistic.com> wrote:
>> 
>> For the past few weeks my -CURRENT system has been locking up. With a
>> recent kernel (from 11/2) the following appears:
>> 
>> Fault trap 12:  page fault while in kernel mode
>> fault virtual address = 0x24
>> fault code  = supervisor read, page not present
>> instruction pointer  = 0x8:0xc049d0db
>> stack pointer  = 0x10:0xe009cc88
>> frame pointer  = 0x10:0xe009cc9c
>> code segment  = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>>    = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
>> processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
>> current process  = 23 (irq10: dc0)
>> trap number  = 12
>> panic: page fault
>> syncing disks, buffers remaining... 6800 6800
>> 
>> That bit about the current process and 'dc0' kind of makes me believe
>> it was a dc driver issue? I may replace that card (with an ethernet
>> card that doesn't use dc) and see if the problem goes away.
>> 
>> Am I correct in believing this is a dc issue? If so, hope the above
>> helps in diagnosing the problem. Otherwise... any other pointers?
> instruction pointer  = 0x8:0xc049d0db
> That will tell you exactly where the problem is...

Specifically, reproduce this panic using a kernel built with debug
symbols, then do 'gdb -k kernel.debug' in the kernel build directory
and then 'l *0xc049d0db' (or whatever the instruction pointer
address is) to get the source and line of the panic.

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