FreeBSD 4.11 crashes on Proliant DL140 G3 and DL320 G5

[Byung-Hee HWANG]

On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 16:26 +0530, Kadambi, Soumitri (STSD) wrote:
> Hello FreeBSD experts,
> 
> When FreeBSD 4.11 is installed on Proliant  DL140 G3 or DL320 G5 with a
> USB keyboard connected, the FreeBSD 4.11 panic crashes with the
> following console message:
> 
> Panic NMI hardware Indicates Hardware Failure Mp_lock =00000002;
> cupid=0; lapc.id=00000001
> Panic(a0368140,0,0,ffc08f14) at panic 0xb7 Isa_nmi
> (0,0,66060000,a01891ec,aab000000) at isa_nmi + 0x1ab Trap
> (18,ffc00010,a030010,aab00000,a01891ec) at trap +0x4ac Call trap() at
> calltrap + 0x17
> Trap0x13,eip=0xa02e6c40,esp=0xffc08f5c,ebp=0xffc08f68
> Xintr8 (aab00000) at Xintr8
> Bge_tick(aab00000,40000000,0,0,ffffffff) at bge_tick + 0x32 Soft clock (
> 0, a02e0018,a0250010,40000010,ffffffff) at soft clock+0xd1
> Doreti_swi(0,ffc09000,0,0,da0b9000) at doreti_swi + 0xf
> Idel_loop() at idle_loop+0x44
> Boot() called on CPU#0
> Uptime:6m55s
> 
> Without the USB Keyboard there is no crash. Can somebody tell me how
> this problem can be resolved.
> 
> Thanks,
> Soumitri

Hi, i would suggest that you shoud use 6.x-STABLE or 7.x-BETA as far as
possible if you do not have a special reason. Because 4.x-STABLE was
from the last Stone Age. There are so many weakness than the current
versions (eg., 6.2-RELEASE, 6.3-BETA, and 7.0-BETA) ;; 

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