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From: aland@infmx.UUCP (Colonel Panic)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: "PANIC: kernel mode trap. Type 0x0000000E" msg in 386/ix 2.0.2 ?????
Summary: what other hardware?
Keywords: unix, hardware
Message-ID: <4825@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 90 02:31:22 GMT
References: <9480@bunny.GTE.COM>
Reply-To: aland@infmx.UUCP (alan denney)
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In article <9480@bunny.GTE.COM> jdg0@GTE.COM (Jose Diaz-Gonzalez) writes:
>Hi there,
>
>My machine has been crashing about twice daily for the last week or so.
>The msg in the subject line shows up with all the register contents just
>before it crashes.  I have contacted my vendor, they contacted ISC, and
>all they were able to tell me was that it the problem is a hardware
>error.  

On what basis?  If they can confidently make such a statement, they 
should have a clue as to WHICH piece of hardware is the culprit...

>        Now, I've run my diagnostics (I'm using an AT&T 6386E/33) and
>everything appears to be OK.

Don't count on it -- those diags aren't very complete.  (At least you GOT
some -- I'm STILL waiting for the diag disks for the machines we bought
in December!  I have one set from our sales rep to tide me over...)

For example, the don't provide diags for all peripherals, the POST memory 
diags are hosed, etc.  

>                              Does anyone have any idea of what a type
>0x0000000E error means?  This might help me to narrow down the
>alternatives.   Any pointers will be appreciated.  Thanks,

I'm no kernel hacker, but I have seen this error when DMA was attempted
on two channels simultaneously when DMAEXCL was set at default.  Do you
use >1 device that uses DMA?  (Cartridge drives, caching controllers, etc.)
Otherwise, it may help to list all of the hardware in use.

>+	Jose Pedro Diaz-Gonzalez

Cross-posted to comp.sys.att in case the helpful folks there have 
add'l info.  Followups to comp.unix.i386.

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