Subject: Re: zeroing code [was Re: mystery panic in vga_accessops()]
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/19/2000 21:49:57
On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 07:48:18AM -0700, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 01:43:23PM +0100, Patrick Welche wrote:
> 
>  > Any suggestions on how I can take this further? The main problem is that I
>  > don't have a way of reproducing this - it only happened once and all seems
>  > fine since...
> 
> I don't have any suggestons -- the line number seems to be the line
> that actually calls pmap_zero_page_uncached(), which is .. very strange,
> to say the least.
> 
> I don't think there have really been any report of problems with the
> page zero'er except for this one, which you claim to be unable to
> reproduce, so I'm inclined to think that it's not the page zero'er.
> 
> Maybe a bad memory stick?

OK - consider it consigned to gremlins..

Cheers,

Patrick