Yo Mike!
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > Help! See below for my kernel oops. I have not been able to use any
> > kernel after 2.4.0-test5 due to this problem. It happens shortly
> > after booting the kernel and is very repeatable.
> Are you sure that you used the right System.map?
Yes, I just rechecked the date and time of all the files. I will
re-run the whole test in the morning just to be sure.
> > Trace; c01df362 <scsi_dispatch_cmd+1c6/26c>
> ^^^
> Here, scsi_dispatch_cmd() isn't that large.. it's only 0x168 in size.
Mine is 0x26c, maybe you have a different compiler or different config?
> If you want to try some light troubleshooting, grab kdb..
> ftp://oss.sgi.com/www/projects/kdb/download/ix86/kdb-v1.5-2.4.0-test9-pre9.gz
> .. and check what both cpus were up to at lock time. A stack trace of
> both cpus might help developers locate the trouble.
I thought Linus was not a big fan of kernel debuggers? I will look into
it if I get no better suggestions.
RGDS
GARY
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