11.0_RC3 Panics on VMware Under Heavy Network Load

Josh Moyer <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:11:57 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.x86-64
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Hi port-amd64,
I recently dropped an 11.0_RC3-GENERIC_KASLR (and also just 11.0_RC3-GENERI=
C) into my 10.1 userland core router (which runs on VMware Workstation Pro =
25H2u1 on a Xeon Platinum based Windows 11 Pro system.)

Aside from a "BPF JIT missing" warning at boot, there have also been severa=
l boot failures and panics (in NetBSD) around PCI-E (particularly under hig=
h network load) and I'm working on obtaining a crash dump.

I am writing to request that there please be at least one more release cand=
idate prior to the release of NetBSD 11, as the regression in stability und=
er known a known good userland and hypervisor config seems pronounced.

Happy to answer any questions and will try to be prompt in my reply.

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