panic in 8-CURRENT

[Kris Kennaway]

韓家標 Bill Hacker wrote:
> Hiroki Sato wrote:
>> I got the following panic with the Oct 14 8-CURRENT kernel.  A 2-way
>> (Opteron) box running GENERIC FreeBSD/i386 kernel with serial console
>> access, and typing some keys just after "Trying to mount..." line
>> appears seems to prevent this panic.  Without typing any keys the box
>> remain stopped after displaying the line, and then typing a key will
>> cause this panic.  Whether the panic occurs depends on the time
>> between displaying the line and typing a key.
>>
> 
> *snip*
> 
> ..serial console...
> 
> Things to check:
> 
> Are you set to headless all the time? Or does that change during the 
> bootup?
> 
> What of /etc/ttys?
> 
> Thinking that even if you are experienced in adjusting these to work 
> with serial terminal (HP-200-LX here), it is easy to forget to edit the 
> requisites when loading up a brand-new snapshot.

Well, none of those things will cause a deadlock ;)

Kris