Subject: Re: Sparc IPX: savecore: reboot after panic: alignment fault
To: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
List: current-users
Date: 11/15/1999 00:47:04
> # gdb netbsd.0
> (gdb) target kcore netbsd.0.core
> (gdb) where

(gdb) target kcore netbsd.0.core
panic: alignment fault
#0  0xf00524f4 in mi_switch ()
(gdb) where
#0  0xf00524f4 in mi_switch ()
#1  0xf0051ccc in tsleep ()
#2  0xf0152ca4 in uvm_scheduler ()
#3  0xf0041714 in check_console ()
#4  0xf000986c in cpu_hatch ()
can not access 0x30784c, invalid address (30784c)
can not access 0x30784c, invalid address (30784c)
can not access 0x30784c, invalid address (30784c)
can not access 0x30784c, invalid address (30784c)
can not access 0xefffffd8, invalid address (efffffd8)
can not access 0xefffffd8, invalid address (efffffd8)
Cannot access memory at address 0xefffffd8.
(gdb) 

0xf00524f4 is a call cpu_switch, followed by call microtime, at the very end
of mi_switch.

The kernel that was running at the time was built from sources checked out
with -D "1999-11-10 12:00". I restarted the make build, and that finished
without incident earlier today.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com