Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:18:48 -0500 (EST) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [kernel panic @ reboot] 2.6.0-test10-mm1 |
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Vince wrote:
> > *groan* do you have a PDA? > > > > Nope. I could probably borrow a laptop to a friend but am not excited at > the idea of having to setup some serial console thing (I do not even > have a serial cable). Dump to floppy/swap/disk would be much easier in > my case... if it could me made to work, of course ;-)
Those oopses looked rather spurious, i'm not sure what help those other methods would be here. Try applying the following patch and be sure to have access to the console. You may have to hand transcribe...
Index: linux-2.6.0-test10-mm1-bochs/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c =================================================================== RCS file: /build/cvsroot/linux-2.6.0-test10-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.1 diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 traps.c --- linux-2.6.0-test10-mm1-bochs/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 26 Nov 2003 05:28:50 -0000 1.1.1.1 +++ linux-2.6.0-test10-mm1-bochs/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 26 Nov 2003 18:17:37 -0000 @@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg if (in_interrupt()) panic("Fatal exception in interrupt");
+ local_irq_disable(); + while (1) + __asm__ __volatile__("hlt"); + if (panic_on_oops) { printk(KERN_EMERG "Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds\n"); set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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