Am 31.08.2006 um 01:36 schrieb David Christensen: >> Then what's the panic message, and how exactly are you building your >> module? >> > > The message wasn't readable on the serial console. The text was > jumbled > and I could only make out bits and pieces of it. And the module that got installed in /boot/kernel/<module>.ko does exhibit the same problem, or not? > So I should do the following: > > 1) Comment out the driver I want to test in the kernel configuration > file. > For example, modify /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/MYCONFIG. > 2) Rebuild and install the kernel (cd /usr/src; make kernel > KERNCONF=MYCONFIG) Which also builds and installs all modules into /boot/kernel (see src/ sys/modulesMakefile for the list of modules that are built). > 3) Reboot the system to start using the new kernel > 4) Edit the driver in /usr/src/sys/dev/XXX as necessary > 5) Build the kernel module (cd /usr/src/sys/modules/XXX; make) > 6) Load the kernel module (kldload ./if_XXX) and cross my fingers. No, make that: 6) Enable the kernel debugger, load the module, then show the list the panic message, backtrace, etc. and tell us which driver you're talking about and how you modified it. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb_at_lassitu.de> Fon +49 170 346 0140Received on Thu Aug 31 2006 - 05:20:25 UTC
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