On 02/16/2013 10:47 PM, James C. McPherson wrote: > On 17/02/13 06:54 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: >> On 02/16/2013 09:49 PM, John D Groenveld wrote: >>> Boot with kernel debugger so you can see the panic. >> >> Sadly, though, without access to the source code, all he do can at that >> point is log a support ticket with Oracle (assuming he has paid his >> support fees) and hope it will get picked up by somebody there. People >> on this list have few, if any ways of helping out. > > You're missing the point. Booting with kmdb enabled > is The Way(tm) to get anything remotely resembling > a paused screen so you can see what the message is. > > Whether that message winds up being something you need > to talk with a Oracle about is entirely different.
He got a kernel panic on a completely legitimate operation (booting with one half of the root mirror faulted). There's a good chance that the only thing he'll see is something like BAD TRAP and a stack trace. Without source, that's where the investigation ends. > The OP mentioned that he was running S11 Express, for > which, iirc, you can dig through source on a non-Oracle > site and investigate. And once he's found the problem, what then? Can he build a new ZFS kernel module? Can he submit a patch? > Really, though, just adding > > -k > > to the kernel$ line in the grub menu prior to booting > should be enough for him to make significant progress. If by "significant progress" you mean sending a stack trace to Oracle, then yes. Look I'm not accusing you or anybody else for not trying to help - there are some wonderful people around here who both care deeply for their users and are proud of their work. I fully applaud that stance. All I'm doing is just pointing out the facts of the matter - take from that what you will. Cheers, -- Saso _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
