Subject: Re: MMU trap panic? Weird coincidences continue
To: None <curt@portal.ca, Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com, jkokko@snakemail.hut.fi>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 03/25/1996 17:28:53
> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 12:35:08 -0800 (PST)
> From: Curt Sampson <curt@portal.ca>

> > From: Brett Glass <Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com>
> > To: Jari Kokko <jkokko@snakemail.hut.fi>, port-sun3@NetBSD.ORG
> > Subject: MMU trap panic? Weird coincidences continue
> > 
> > Sounds like you're getting all the errors and bugs I got. Especially with
> > serial ports....
> 
> Gwr just mentioned that a bug in PPP that could cause that sort of
> thing had been fixed recently. I can bang on my machine quite hard,
> but so far I've only ever had the crash (and I had it about six
> times yesterday) when I've got pppd running and I'm doing a sup.
> 
> Actually, gwr didn't mention whether the bug was in pppd or in the
> kernel. At any rate, I'm busy upgrading to -current, and I should
> be able to try out the latest system in a couple of days.
> 
> cjs

Actually the relevant bug in this case was in the new zs driver.
I tried to use the t_sc member of the tty struct, which is used
by ppp or slip, resulting in wild pointer references.  Ouch!

There was also a recent pppd bug fixed, but that should not
affect the kernel.  (Sorry for the mis-placed blame.)

Gordon