Subject: Kernel Panic: Illegal Instruction
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Chris Mason <cmason@ros.res.cmu.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/29/1996 17:06:02
I'm having some problems with kernel panics caused by illegal instructions.
I believe the problem to be with a Kerberos distribution that I compiled.
I was wondering:
Is it normal for Illegal instructions in userland programs to cause
kernel panics and essentially hang my machine (well, except for the
debugger)? Or is it a function of the kernel I'm using, GENERIC_67?
(possibly some sort of debugging enabled?) Would upgrading to a -current
kernel be of any help?
How can I tell where it is hanging? What is ktrace? I really don't
have any idea where the illegal instruction is coming from. Traces in the
debugger are rather unrevealing. I have a feeling its in some of the DES
code that came with the distribution. But no real evidence to support that.
Thanks alot for your help.
-c
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