I had a kernel panic this morning. I'm not sure, but it reads as if it was something to do with my using my iPhone 3GS as an Internet Tether through USB [only, I turned off bluetooth]. It was the only different thing that I was doing at the time.
Anybody know if this is a known error?
The relevant detail of the panic is:
"
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10F569
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.4.0: Fri Apr 23 18:27:12 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.7.4~1/RELEASE
X8664
System model name: MacBookPro5,3 (Mac-F22587C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 103887833210842
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEthernetHost 2.0.1 (addr 0xffffff7f809d0000, size 0x20480) - last unloaded 78279855313412
loaded kexts:
at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch 2.2.05
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEthernetHost 2.0.1 - last loaded 102538295428296
"
iMac + 15" Macbook Pro + 13" Macbook + 32Gb iPhone 3GS + Space Capsule + Mac min,
Mac OS X (10.6.4)
I've been getting KP's lately, too. Since I've updated to iOS4 on my iPhone 3G, when I tether data from my iPhone to my MBP 13" via USB, I randomly get panics.
I've isolated this down to USB tethering as well, because tethering via bluetooth doesn't cause this to happen.
I've done a restart to my iPhone (proper shut down AND force reboot) and still get random kernel panics by USB tethering.
Kinda annoying, especially since connecting to my iPhone to tether via Bluetooth is flaky at times in OS X.
I'll be sure to post what info it dumps out next time I get this error.
I've been getting KP's lately, too. Since I've updated to iOS4 on my iPhone 3G, when I tether data from my iPhone to my MBP 13" via USB, I randomly get panics.
I've isolated this down to USB tethering as well, because tethering via bluetooth doesn't cause this to happen.
I've done a restart to my iPhone (proper shut down AND force reboot) and still get random kernel panics by USB tethering.
Kinda annoying, especially since connecting to my iPhone to tether via Bluetooth is flaky at times in OS X.
I'll be sure to post what info it dumps out next time I get this error.
Actually I think that part of the problem is that the panic information isn't automatically sent to Apple - when the machine boots back up it is, of course, using USB tethering, so it takes a while for that to set itself up - by which time the panic report has given up.
Anyway, the good news is that it should be easy for Apple to fix - isolated down to an error in a coms driver makes it a pretty small target to hit. It's probably a buffer over-run/under-run or similarly easy coding error too. Pity they don't use Ada for their OS coding language, then this sort of thing wouldn't happen.
I'm having the exact same problem on my iPhone 4 with 4.0.1. I've gotten 3 kernel panics on my MacBook Pro trying to tether via USB with Bluetooth turned off on the phone just today to the point where it's simply not usable.
It gets worse. Today I have another Kernel Panic. This time I was not using tethering. It looks, again, like a USB ethernet error. My iPhone was connected at the time, but I didn't have tethering turned on.
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10F569
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.4.0: Fri Apr 23 18:27:12 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.7.4~1/RELEASE
X8664
System model name: MacBookPro5,3 (Mac-F22587C8)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Safari
Mac OS version:
10D573
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.3.0: Fri Feb 26 11:57:13 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.3.12~1/RELEASE
X8664
System model name: MacBookPro5,2 (Mac-F2268EC8)
