From 5b8c451048dc49fda89a786ea847e20dfd1f2dc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:07:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New errata: PAE kernel panic. Mostly submitted by scottl. Any errors are mine. --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml index 464f89ba99e..240cbbe0fe4 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml @@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ hw.eisa_slots=0 # disable probing for EISA devices Research Projects Agency (DARPA): OpenPAM, NSS support, PAE support, various MAC framework updates, the GEOM disk geometry system. + + An integer overflow could cause kernel panics on PAE-using + machines with certain memory sizes. This bug has been corrected + on both the RELENG_5_1 and + HEAD branches. A workaround for this problem + is to remove some memory, update the system in question, and + reinstall the memory. ]]>