Re: Kernel panic during boot in usb_add_task

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Neumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried my brand new HP Compaq laptop 6710b under DragonFly, but during 
> booting
> the installer CD it "throws" a page fault:
>
>   uhub0: 2 ports ...
>   uhub0: <Intel UHCI root hub, ...>
>
>   Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
>   fault virtual address = 0x0
>   fault code            = supervisor write, page not present
>   instruction pointer   = 0x8:0xc04a9c5c
>   stack pointer         = 0x10:0xc25f8d38
>   frame pointer         = 0x10:0xc25f8d48
>   code segment          = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>                         = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gram 1
>   processor eflags      = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
>   current process       = Idle
>   current thread        = pri 46 (CRIT)
>
>   kernel: type 12, code=2
>   stopped at       usb_add_task+0x4c:    movl     %edi,0(%eax)
>
>
> This happens with the latest snapshot version as of yesterday and also 
> with the
> 1.10 release.
>
> FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 silently hangs during boot, while NetBSD 4.0RC_4 works 
> like a charm (it can even dual-boot windows natively)!
>
> Any hints?
>
> Regards,
>
>   Michael

For starters, what does NetBSD report as the hardware and can you capture *any* 
scan, dmesg, or other report from FreeBSD 7-BETA3 or DFLY?

And have you tried DFLY and/or FreeBSD with the various boot options selected - 
or can you not get far enough to do so?

Bill