From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 23 04:47:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69174106566B for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:47:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbeeble@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E999A8FC13 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:47:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so1624884ewy.3 for ; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:47:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=5alUeX9PrHUgYLQnt8Eg0SPr4oOUi+QOS2YzYx31Aa8=; b=H7ZZhx+Cuoo6q4wPqzIZPX1k2v4o5tRoPV1u5YMKUUqKERZps9FCjXdt5dSnjpasZC q/ktzwkaiz45KeGOWdPwXpICiiJdI1l6skrY7xkgMEOn96V4hdGfFg9+F2MZkmTvl3xk 1B1tn8q3Ktf4JdPzvbUVKAoieQ670pZwBrm/w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=dAaeO2YEo4xeYd9w41v2v4WW093Zz1npgUj6PMaH26StALIdEGt75h43VobWCHWKYc Ne36DEBeXKmfaD9VayrAZH/3fj1sDZWrbUBo3aVNhGQ2yyC6NRUK67qr1/mtR3ZcM4F7 gwnt58NOQx5dqMYpA4imGoTn0EngcnDnjsB6o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.86.135 with SMTP id w7mr1367199wee.176.1258951674948; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:47:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5f67a8c40911221809h25253009od8a83d058f68ad9c@mail.gmail.com> References: <5f67a8c40911121246m144ba07w707a1c268fb2102c@mail.gmail.com> <4AFD6D69.7090109@thekeelecentre.com> <5f67a8c40911131757s48a57d9by11c74a417324e48c@mail.gmail.com> <20091114024438.GA93630@icarus.home.lan> <5f67a8c40911221809h25253009od8a83d058f68ad9c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:47:54 -0500 Message-ID: <5f67a8c40911222047m78ac7378i8a2016449d0d2996@mail.gmail.com> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox To: Jeremy Chadwick Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.x hang-on-boot on Dell 1950 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:47:56 -0000 On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Jeremy Chadwick > wrote: > >> >> > This 1950 may predate that a bit, but I'm not sure how to nail it down >> > exactly, other than by it's hardware components. Anyways, 7.0 does the >> same >> > thing --- still wedged. >> >> I haven't seen anyone recommend this as a test method yet -- disabling >> fdc prior to the kernel booting via the loader prompt: >> >> - Press 6 at the menu, >> - At the loader prompt, type: >> >> set hint.fdc.0.disabled="1" >> boot -v (or without -v; your choice) >> >> You shouldn't need to set hint.fd.0.disabled="1", since fd0 would >> normally bind to fdc0; disable the latter and you disable the lesser. >> >> The intention here is to rule out the device attachment failures from >> fdc as the source of the deadlock. >> > > Entertainingly, it does not. Aparently that hint doesn't stop the code > from trying to attach fdc0 when acpi says so. I suppose I need to know the > console command to disable acpi and fdc. > > but it still wedges at "device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6" with the > above. > > OK. With both floppy and acpi disabled, it dies calling "start_init" several times, the last being /stand/sysinstal (which should work). I don't see it "starting" the other CPUs. It hangs hard... no keyboard working (ie: no caps lock).