vge problem

[Yoshiaki Kasahara]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:43:01 -0800,
	Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh at gmail.com> said:

>> before I replaced vge(4). I guess the system froze while initializing
>> vge(4), but I'm not really sure actually.
> 
> Yes, that's also possible. But I can't explain how the patch can
> freeze the box. Another user also reported the similar vge(4) issue
> in private mail and tried the same patch and he could successfully
> boot with patched vge(4). Unfortunately the issue does not seem to
> fix his issue. I'm still working on it.
> 
>> 
>> What can I do to narrow the cause of problems? Is it useful to build
>> kernel with options KDB and DDB?
>> 
> 
> Yes.

Ok, now I'm ready to boot a DDB enabled kernel to try kernel debugging
on my PC. I can't read email during debugging my PC under current
configuration, so could you please tell me any specific instructions
to collect information you need? I'm reading the Handbook now, but I'm
not very sure...

Regards,
-- 
Yoshiaki Kasahara
Research Institute for Information Technology, Kyushu University
kasahara at nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp