Greetings! This may help narrow down the source of the mysterious
2.0.33 crashes. I can reliably freeze my 2.0.33 machine by running
xntpd in debug mode (with several -d command line flags) when it is
setup to poll the NIST time server via a modem. The call is
completed, several time packets are read, and the line is dropped
before the machine immediatedly freezes, with nothing but a hardware
reset to recover. right alt+ scroll lock shows nothing. When run
without the -d options, xntpd dies with signal 1 at the same point in
its synchronization step, but the machine is still alive.
My kernel is slightly unusual in that it has been patched to run a
Sangoma wanpipe card in synchronous ppp mode. Just applied the patch
Sangoma provided.
Here is /etc/ntp.conf, and /usr/src/linux/.config:
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# /etc/ntp.conf, configuration for xntpd
logfile /var/log/xntpd
driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/
statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable
#authenticate yes
#keys /etc/ntp.keys
#trustedkey 9
#requestkey 9
#controlkey 9
#phone atdt13034944774
#server 127.127.18.1 mode 0 key 9 minpoll 6 maxpoll 6
#fudge 127.127.18.1 time1 0.0 time2 0.0 stratum 1 flag4 1
(When uncommented, these lines produce the crash)
server 127.127.1.0
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 3
server inet.pepperlaw.com minpoll 4 maxpoll 6 prefer
peer intech4
peer intech8
peer intech9
peer intech10
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#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KERNELD=y
#
# General setup
#
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_NET=y
# CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA=m
CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y
CONFIG_M486=y
#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m
CONFIG_MD_STRIPED=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
# CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ALIAS is not set
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_RST_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_IP_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
# CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
# CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
CONFIG_IPX=m
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_AX25 is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER=y
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
# CONFIG_SCSI is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_EQUALIZER=m
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
CONFIG_PLIP=m
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_SLIP=m
CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y
# CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
CONFIG_WAN_DRIVERS=y
CONFIG_VENDOR_SANGOMA=y
CONFIG_WANPIPE_CARDS=1
# CONFIG_WANPIPE_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_WANPIPE_FR is not set
CONFIG_WANPIPE_PPP=y
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
# CONFIG_EL1 is not set
# CONFIG_EL2 is not set
# CONFIG_ELPLUS is not set
# CONFIG_EL16 is not set
# CONFIG_EL3 is not set
CONFIG_VORTEX=m
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI=y
# CONFIG_AZTCD is not set
# CONFIG_GSCD is not set
# CONFIG_SBPCD is not set
# CONFIG_MCD is not set
CONFIG_MCDX=m
# CONFIG_OPTCD is not set
# CONFIG_CM206 is not set
# CONFIG_SJCD is not set
# CONFIG_CDI_INIT is not set
# CONFIG_CDU31A is not set
# CONFIG_CDU535 is not set
#
# Filesystems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
# CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_WIN95=y
CONFIG_NCP_FS=m
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_SERIAL=m
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
# CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=m
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT is not set
# CONFIG_WDT is not set
CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG=m
# CONFIG_PCWATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_RTC=y
#
# Sound
#
# CONFIG_SOUND is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set
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