Re: [MiNT] Shutdownbug in MiNT v1.15.6b

[Andreas Dahlberg <zpq@shadowbbs.cx>]

On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Konrad M. Kokoszkiewicz wrote:

> > Hi!  I get this everytime I shutdown MiNT 1.15.6beta:
> > 
> > pid 88 (shutdown): dispose_fileptr: f->links == -1
> > FATAL ERROR. You must reboot the system.
> > 
> > I have tested it with/without N.AES (clean mint) with same result. I am
> > running a CT2-Falcon with MinixFS v0.74
> > 
> > Or else the kernel seems to be stable.
> 
> Hmmm.... I must admit I'd very appreciate, if someone would come and bring
> an explanation on the stuff that is happening at shutdown time. I mean,
> these crashes. I must also say that I already got quite frustrated trying
> to find this out (must be something very simple, no?)


I have no idea about this... the debuglogs does not say me anything.


> The current diagnosis known to me is (was?) that simultaneous usage of the
> vcons1d and an AES (no matter what AES) screws up FIFO structure for
> /pipe/q$ttyv0 (or whatever is the exact name), so that when shutdown()
> comes to closing all open files, and boils down to the pipefs, the
> pipe_close() fails because f->links for this file (q$tty...) is -1.

I get the same error without N.AES and mintos but shutdown is working fine
in 1.15.4beta so something have happend in 1.15.5 and 1.15.6beta.

// ZPQ