kernel lockup

[Peter Cordes]

 I'm running 2.4.4, rsynced from the benh tree.  I wanted to adjust my
keyboard key repeat stuff, so I ran (on the console)

bigfoot:~# kbdrate -h
kbdrate: invalid option -- h
Machine check in kernel mode.
Caused by (from SRR1=c9030): Unknown values in msr

 What do I do to debug this?

 The machine is totally locked, not even the SysRQ combination does
anything.  (control+command+power still resets though, since it is handled
in hardware on oldworlds.)

 More details: I'm running a quad PPC604 Mac clone from Daystar (the Genesis
MP).  The top line in /usr/src/linux-2.4-benh/ChangeSet is:
cort at ftsoj.fsmlabs.com|drivers/sound/dmasound/Config.in|20010106072831|13776|67da7753905f489
benh at zion.wanadoo.fr|drivers/sound/dmasound/Config.in|20010512181358|01477,
in case that helps :)

 I wasn't running X at the time of the crash.  I was using a framebuffer
console (ATI mach64 driver).

 This crash is repeatable.  I just did it again (after going to single user
mode and remounting my drives read-only :).  However, this time it prints an
infinity of newlines after the crash message.

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Peter Cordes ;  e-mail: X(peter at llama.nslug. , ns.ca)

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