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From: yergeau@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dan Yergeau)
Subject: npx-0.4 panics when running perl tests
Message-ID: <1993Jun17.160549.28218@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 93 16:05:49 GMT
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I recently compiled perl-4.036 (using gcc-2.4.3).  When running the
tests, the kernel consistently panics during a "make test" in the
io/pipe test.  The printout is

  npxinit: npxproc = fe401000, curproc = fe401000
  panic: npxinit clobbering in-use state

A stack traceback indicates that we got there from

  setregs
  execve
  syscall

I'm running 386bsd 0.1 with all 0.2.3 patches, npx-0.4, and an
improved wt.c from Mikael Hybsch.  Hardware is a 486DX/33.


Dan Yergeau
yergeau@gloworm.Stanford.EDU