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Date:      Sat, 3 Apr 2010 18:07:22 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>
To:        Henry Grebler <henrygrebler@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: conf/145311: loader.conf can cause boot hang
Message-ID:  <m2o7d6fde3d1004031807h2ff26c83uab409f2ba8589878@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201004032240.o33Me8YW070593@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <201004032240.o33Me8YW070593@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Henry Grebler
<henrygrebler@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR conf/145311; it has been noted by GNAT=
S.
>
> From: Henry Grebler <henrygrebler@optusnet.com.au>
> To: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>
> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: conf/145311: loader.conf can cause boot hang
> Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:35:17 +1000
>
> =A0Hi Garrett,
>
>
> =A0Sorry about the delay.

It's ok :).

> =A0--> =A0 =A0Could you try loading up the bootloader prompt and going:
> =A0-->
> =A0-->load snd_ich
> =A0-->boot
> =A0-->
> =A0--> =A0 =A0Also, same as above but with boot -v instead of boot? What =
happens
> =A0-->in those two tries?
>
>
>
> =A01. I have built another machine exclusively for testing this problem.
>
> =A02. I created loader.conf as before and the boot process hangs in the
> =A0same place.
>
> =A03. With the problematic loader.conf, I then did as you asked.

    Actually, it's better to take a loader.conf without
snd_ich_enabled=3D"YES" defined in it and rerun those tests. Sorry for
not being more explicit about that point sooner.

    Try the following steps exhibit the same problem:

- Remove sem_load=3D"YES". Execute `load sem' in the bootloader.
- Empty out loader.conf. Then boot up with the bootloader once again and do=
:

load ukbd
load snd_ich

Please try all of the steps with boot -v to see what happens.

    There also might be an issue with the BIOS settings; see if
there's anything in there about flipping a bit to enable a `plug and
play OS'. If it's currently disabled, try enabling it. Also, try
disabling SMP to see if that has any affect:

set machdep.hlt_cpus=3D1

    Trying a more recent copy of 8-STABLE might also work, if there
were any bugs fixed between the release and now.
HTH,
-Garrett



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