Re: more hints

From: Kenneth Culver (culverk_at_yumyumyum.org)
Date: 08/31/03

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    Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:53:58 -0400 (EDT)
    To: Bryan Liesner <bleez@comcast.net>
    
    

    > If I remove "device pmtimer" from my config, I get a consistent panic,
    > or variation of:
    >
    > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
    > fault virtual address = 0x0
    > fault code = supervisor read, page not present
    > instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc0135b0a7
    > stack pointer = 0x10:0xd68f2c48
    > frame pointer = 0x10:0xd68f2c64
    > code segment = base 0x0 limit 0xffff, type 0x1b
    > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL=0
    > current process = 12 (swi7: tty:sio clock)
    > trap number = 12
    > panic page fault
    >
    > ...
    >
    >
    > This is with leaving my USB 2.0 drive turned on during boot time. If
    > I use the same kernel (sans pmtimer) , but boot with my USB drive turned
    > off, all is well. Or, I can put pmtimer back in the kernel and boot
    > with the drive turned on, but sooner or later I'll get some type of
    > panic. Some kind of timimg issue?.
    >
    > I think all of these panics have something to do with leaving the USB
    > drive on at boot time. It seems like I don't have any issues if it
    > stays turned off. That's probably why we're not seeing any reports, I
    > doubt a lot of folks are using a USB 2.0 HD along with ehci...
    >
    > Again, all this started shortly after July 14th. The USB DMA changes
    > may have something to do with this...
    >
    I'll have time tomorrow to look at the commit logs, so I'll check out what
    changes went in, then make patches for each one that is likely to be a
    problem, and then submit them to you. That will allow you to pinpoint the
    exact commit that caused the problem.

    Ken
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