Re: System Crash when kldload if_ndis

On Sat, 14 May 2005 11:47:16 +0100
Matt <matt_at_mattford.net> wrote:

> I'm not sure if the problem I am having is with the kernel modules I am 
> using (I've tried with two different ones) or with the ndis module 
> itself or what. I am running FreeBSD 5.4 amd64 on an Asus A8V-E Deluxe 
> motherboard, AMD 64 3000+, 512MB RAM. The ndis drivers I am using are 
> for a Marvell 88E8053 gigabit ehternet controller and the onBoard wifi 
> controller of the Asus A8V-E Deluxe (i'm not sure what the chipset is).
> 
> When using ndiscvt I get the error "section relocation failed". Other 
> errors is when I am trying to ndiscvt the marvell driver I get the error:
> 
> ndiscvt: line 238: Controlled%: syntax error.
> 
> Here are the lines in the inf file:
> 
> 237: HKR, Ndi\Params\WakeUpModeCap_A\enum,  0,,              %Non%
> 238: HKR, Ndi\Params\WakeUpModeCap_A\enum,  15,,             %OS Controlled%
> 239: HKR, Ndi\Params\WakeUpModeCap_A\enum,  25,,             %Magic Packet%
> 
> Basically I don't think it likes the spaces, so I went through the whole 
> .inf deleting the spaces wherever it threw up a syntax error and in the 
> end it compiled a kernel module that then crashed the system. I didn't 
> get a chance to get the error when it crashed the system.
> 
> The wifi driver went through ndiscvt without any problems but when I try 
> and kldload the wifi driver I get this error:
> 
> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
> fault virtual address           = 0x96222d5b
> fault code                      = supervisor read, page not present
> instruction pointer             = 0x8:0xffffffff961e2466
> stack pointer                   = 0x10:0xffffffff961d75d0
> frame pointer                   = 0x10:096222d57
> code segment                    = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>                                  = DPL 0, pres 1, long 1, def32 0, gran 1
> processor eflags                = Interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
> current process                 = 472 (kldload)
> trap number                     = 12
> panic: page fault
> 
> Other points to note is that I had to run the marvell .inf file through 
> iconv with the -c flag to ignore characters it couldn't convert, this 
> could possibly have left out some important data from the inf maybe?
> 
> I'll be gratefull for any suggestions
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The best I see http://monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-amd64/200501/msg00066.html
now, ndis ..
-- 
kaena