Re: port-alpha/44502: eventcounters initialized too early

[Nicolas Joly <njoly%pasteur.fr@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-alpha/44502; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nicolas Joly <njoly%pasteur.fr@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-alpha/44502: eventcounters initialized too early
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 11:59:28 +0200

 On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:00:01AM +0000, martin%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 > >Number:         44502
 > >Category:       port-alpha
 > >Synopsis:       eventcounters initialized too early
 [...]
 > >Description:
 > Alpha tries to attach event counters in trap_init(), which is (for the first
 > processor) called too early, i.e. before evcnt_init(). This causes a panic
 > at boot.
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Just boot a current kernel.
 > 
 > >Fix:
 > Move the event counter initalization out of trap_init()?
 
 DIAGNOSTIC kernels boot fine again for me with recent commits
 (machdep.c and trap.c).
 
 Thanks.
 
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 Nicolas Joly
 
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