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Matthew Dillon
dillon at apollo.backplane.com
Mon Jan 12 21:44:02 PST 2004
:>>>>> Matthew Dillon writes:
:
:
: > Try 'options ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER' in your kernel. This will enable
: > the CR ~ ^B sequence (which can be typed on a serial console) to break
: > into the debugger.
:
:Done. But now I rebooted 10 times without any problem. Go figure!
:
:Jean-Marc
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:Jean-Marc Zucconi -- PGP Key: finger jmz at xxxxxxxxxxx [KeyID: 400B38E9]
What I believe is happening is that on an SMP system the second cpu
is being stopped at a bad point in time, causing it to hold locks on
one or more buffers or vnodes. The first cpu is then unable to flush
the related buffers.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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