Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:45:50 GMT From: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/136888: boot0sio timeout much longer when DSR/CTS low Message-ID: <200907181745.n6IHjo41091358@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200907181750.n6IHo24L092461@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 136888 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: boot0sio timeout much longer when DSR/CTS low >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jul 18 17:50:02 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Aragon Gouveia >Release: 8.0-BETA1 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD soek.geek.sh 8.0-BETA1 FreeBSD 8.0-BETA1 #0: Sat Jul 18 01:46:02 SAST 2009 root@fuzz.geek.sh:/usr/obj/nanobsd.soek/i386/usr/src/sys/SOEK i386 >Description: I'm booting a Soekris net5501 off CompactFlash which is sliced with fdisk and has boot0sio installed as follows: boot0cfg -B -b /boot/boot0sio -o packet -s 1 -m 3 -t 20 Something I've noticed is that my net5501 was taking a very long time to boot up when I did not have a serial cable connecting its console to a PC running a terminal app on the line. Presumably, boot0sio is delaying much longer when it doesn't sense DSR/CTS active. It takes about 30 seconds to timeout. If I connect a cable while it is "waiting", it immediately outputs the boot menu and continues per normal. This doesn't seem right to me. I'm sure it can't be an intentional feature. :) >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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