panic on 4.x using star to /dev/nsa0

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Apr 9 20:13:19 PDT 2004


On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 09:12:33PM -0400, David Magda wrote:

> This has only happened once so far so I haven't filed a PR in case it's 
> not reproducible. Since I have the kernel dump I can give more 
> information if needed if someone would be willing to tell me what to 
> type into the debugger's CLI. Don't have much experience in this since 
> I haven't had many panics under FreeBSD. :> (Is there a document 
> describing this?  A kind of "what happens if the system panics" 
> FAQ/HOWTO.)

The chapter on kernel debugging in the Developers Handbook explains
how to build a debugging kernel and use it to extract a traceback
suitable for someone to diagnose a kernel panic.

Kris
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