Random panics with 5.3-REL, SMP

[Doug White]

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Randy Bush wrote:

> > A backtrace would be interesting to look at.
>
> indeed.  but i was lucky to get the screen scrape before the
> beastie wiped the screen as it auto-rebooted.
>
> > Looks like you just need to set 'dumpdev' in rc.conf.  What is your boot
> > device and swap partition(s)?
>
> # grep dump /etc/rc.conf
> dumpdev="/dev/twed0s1b" # Device name to crashdump to (or NO).
> dumpdir="/var/crash"    # Directory where crash dumps are to be stored

Hm, this should be getting set; the twe driver supports crashdumps.  What
happens if you run 'dumpon /dev/twed0s1b' manually?

> > if you turn on session logging in your comm program
>
> comm program?  it's a cisco 2511 term serv being used as a
> craft port octopus for 16 devices

What program are you using to connect to the 2511 to view the console on
the target? Telnet? Real terminal? :)

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