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From: delaitt@cpc.wmin.ac.uk
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Subject: FreeBSD-3.0 Reboots
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>Number:         6044
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD-3.0 Reboots
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    eivind
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 17 08:10:01 PST 1998
>Closed-Date:    Wed Mar 18 05:11:08 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:  Wed Mar 18 05:13:32 PST 1998
>Originator:     Thierry Delaitre
>Release:        3.0-980313-SNAP
>Organization:
Centre for Parallel Computing
>Environment:
FreeBSD seth.cpc.wmin.ac.uk 3.0-980313-SNAP FreeBSD 3.0-980313-SNAP #0: Fri Mar 13 21:16:33 GMT 1998     root@seth.cpc.wmin.ac.uk:/usr/src/sys/compile/SETH  i386
>Description:
I installed the 3.0-980302-SNAP distribution and the kernel is currently
3.0-980313-SNAP. The machine is configured as a workstation and also as
a mail server which exports /var/mail directory to other FreeBSD, SunOS,
and Solaris workstations. Apparently, when someone reads his mail, the
machine reboots automatically without any prior warning.

I installed FreeBSD-3.0 because FreeBSD-2.2.5 does not include all the
drivers such as the Ultra DMA driver which is needed for my Pentium II.
>How-To-Repeat:
When users try to access large mailbox and/or when they starts a second
mail reader while an existing one is already started.

Unfortunately, it is not obvious to repeat the problem :-(

It would help if the FreeBSD box can report an error message before
rebooting.
>Fix:
It would help if the FreeBSD box can report an error message before rebooting.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To: delaitt@cpc.wmin.ac.uk, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:  Subject: Re: kern/6044: FreeBSD-3.0 Reboots
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:41:04 +0100


 First - the Ultra DMA driver is not required to run a Pentium II.  We
 use Pentium IIs on 2.2.5 fine.
 
 Second: The problem sounds like a bug in the NFS-handling, and a lot
 of such bugs were fixed on the 15th.  However, I'm not certain the
 kernel as of the moment is stable WRT file-systems (we've had
 conflicting reports), so I would be very careful about being bleeding
 edge right now.  (Unless you have extremely good backup, that is ;-)
 
 Third: Bugs in -current should usually be reported to
 current@freebsd.org, not sent in using send-pr.  Current is moving too
 fast for PRs to be really useful unless the bug is already
 long-standing.  Is it OK for you if I close this PR?
 
 Eivind.

From: Thierry Delaitre <delaitt@cpc.westminster.ac.uk>
To: eivind@bitbox.follo.net
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/6044: FreeBSD-3.0 Reboots
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:29:57 +0000 (GMT)

 Hi,
 
 Thanks to reply so quickly.
 
 On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote:
 
 > First - the Ultra DMA driver is not required to run a Pentium II.  We
 > use Pentium IIs on 2.2.5 fine.
 
 Ok, but just to clarify, why do I get a message when I boot 2.2.5 saying
 that no driver has been assigned to storage devices ? Sorry, I can't
 retrieve the exact words. If I use 2.2.5, does FreeBSD make use of usual
 IDE throughput instead of Ultra DMA capabilities ?
 
 > Second: The problem sounds like a bug in the NFS-handling, and a lot
 > of such bugs were fixed on the 15th.  However, I'm not certain the
 > kernel as of the moment is stable WRT file-systems (we've had
 > conflicting reports), so I would be very careful about being bleeding
 > edge right now.  (Unless you have extremely good backup, that is ;-)
 
 Ok.
 
 > Third: Bugs in -current should usually be reported to
 > current@freebsd.org, not sent in using send-pr.  Current is moving too
 > fast for PRs to be really useful unless the bug is already
 > long-standing.  Is it OK for you if I close this PR?
 
 Sure, but it would help if you could reply to my question above before
 closing this PR.
 
 Thanks you for your help !
 
 Regards,
 
 Thierry.
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: eivind 
State-Changed-When: Wed Mar 18 05:11:08 PST 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
Closed after communication with the originator. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->eivind 
Responsible-Changed-By: eivind 
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Mar 18 05:11:08 PST 1998 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
I closed the PR. 
>Unformatted:
