what caused the KMF panic?

[stephen peng]

dear all,
an alpha ds20 wich tru64 unix 4.0f paniced, with the following messages in the message file.
trap: invalid memory ifetch access from kernel mode
faulting virtual address: 0x0000000000000000
pc of faulting instruction: 0x0000000000000000
ra contents at time of fault: 0xfffffc000057b85c
sp contents at time of fault: 0xffffffffac057870
panic (cpu 1): kernel memory fault
i wanna what was the major cause of the panic.
thanks for your reply

[Ivan Ferreira]

In the /var/adm/crash directory, you will have a file called crash-data.XX, post last file created to see if something else can be seen there.

What is the patch kit version you are using?

dupatch -track -type kit

[stephen peng]

hi ivan,
the patch kit version is: DUV40FB18AS0007-20020102 OSF440

[Venkatesh BL]

I tried googling for "invalid memory ifetch" and found some useful hits. Just check out.