[comp.sys.next] ipl5, panic -- zone "kernel map entries" empty

mdixon@parc.xerox.com (Mike Dixon) (12/19/90)

i've had my (68030/1.0) cube crash several times in the past few weeks
with somewhat cryptic messages:

    Nov 30 11:25:39 sarah mach: ipl5: spurious interrupt
    ...
    Dec  3 06:15:01 sarah mach: zone "kernel map entries" empty.
    Dec  3 06:15:01 sarah mach: panic: (Cpu 0) zalloc
    ...
    Dec 10 18:44:57 sarah mach: ipl5: spurious interrupt
    Dec 11 05:30:01 sarah mach: zone "kernel map entries" empty.
    Dec 11 05:30:01 sarah mach: panic: (Cpu 0) zalloc
    ...
    Dec 15 10:53:35 sarah mach: ipl5: spurious interrupt
    Dec 16 23:00:01 sarah mach: zone "kernel map entries" empty.
    Dec 16 23:00:01 sarah mach: panic: (Cpu 0) zalloc

(each panic message is followed by a killing all processes/reboot sequence)

i don't know whether the ipl5 messages are related to the panics, but there
seems to be some correlation...  (and i just got another ipl5 message 5
minutes ago -- guess i'll keep my files saved)

the first two times the panics happened after the machine had been idle
for quite a while, but the last one happened while i was in the middle of
editing (thank you FrameMaker for autosave!!).

i'm not too worried, since it hasn't interfered with the machine's usability
and i assume that replacing both processor board and software when i get my
68040 upgrade will make it go away, but i am curious.

has anyone else seen anything like this?  any idea what's happening?
--

                                             .mike.