On Wed, 21 May 1997 16:20:30 -0400 
 Scott Bartram <scottb@orionsoft.com> wrote:

 > I've got a current (5-17) kernel running on a 1+ that I'm trying to use
 > as an Appletalk server. I consistently receive esp-type panics when the
 > system gets any load. Is the 1+ a hopeless cause or what?

 > data fault: pc=f803c670 addr=f85e7f24 ser=80<INVAL>
 > panic: kernel fault
 > syncing disks... 4 4 done

...this doesn't really look like an "esp-type" panic at all.  In fact, given
that the disks sync'd up, and the crash dump succeeded, I'd say it's
something else entirely...

Could you add:

makeoptions 	DEBUG="-g"

to your kernel config file, config, make clean, and make, and then
boot the resulting kernel?  That will also produce a netbsd.gdb that
has a full debugging symbol table, useful for examining the port-mortem.

Once it crashes again, remember the "pc" value (that's the program counter),
and do:

	gdb -k netbsd.gdb /var/crash/netbsd.N.core
	list *<whatever the pc value was>
	bt

...that'll provide at least some better info... also, what sort of
activity is going on when the crash occurs?

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