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Date:      Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:37:36 -0400
From:      Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com>
To:        Charles Owens <cowens@greatbaysoftware.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Minute+ delay between kernel load and initialization (solved!)
Message-ID:  <o2h3c0b01821004191537w747ea13dld1d670108ca99e98@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BCCD392.2060304@greatbaysoftware.com>
References:  <4B5478D1.4000900@greatbaysoftware.com> <4BCCD392.2060304@greatbaysoftware.com>

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On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Charles Owens
<cowens@greatbaysoftware.com> wrote:
> On 1/18/2010 10:05 AM, Charles Owens wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have a new system based on the Intel S5520 motherboard that seems to
>> work fine except during _every_ boot it pauses for about one minute 15
>> seconds just before any kernel initialization messages appear. =A0 We se=
e
>> the loader appearing to complete its work (the kernel is loaded) and
>> then... it sits. =A0Once it starts up again (with usual kernel-boot
>> messages) it appears to boot normally (no error messages).
>>
>> This has been seen with both FreeBSD 8.0 and 7.1, using GENERIC kernels.
>> =A0I'd appreciate any and all assistance in figuring this out.
>>
>> Boot output follows (happens to be from a PAE-enabled kernel)
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Charles
>>
>>
> [truncated]
>
> An answer to this was graciously provided by Titus Manea. =A0 For details=
,
> see
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Di386/144956

Charles, thanks for this.  I am also seeing this on a S5520UR.  What
was ultimately the patch fix?  Just the disable hint?  The jhb link is
for mpt.

Thanks!

-aps



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