From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 19 23:49:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F6B1106566B for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cowens@greatbaysoftware.com) Received: from portcityhosting.com (edge.tidalhosting.net [64.140.243.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3998FC12 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:49:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([173.14.128.81]) by portcityhosting.com with MailEnable ESMTP; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:49:32 -0400 X-WatchGuard-Mail-Exception: Allow Message-ID: <4BCCEC08.3020602@greatbaysoftware.com> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:49:28 -0400 From: Charles Owens MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Sack References: <4B5478D1.4000900@greatbaysoftware.com> <4BCCD392.2060304@greatbaysoftware.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-WatchGuard-AntiVirus: part scanned. clean action=allow X-ME-Bayesian: 0.000000 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Minute+ delay between kernel load and initialization (solved!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:49:31 -0000 On 4/19/2010 6:37 PM, Alexander Sack wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Charles Owens > 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. We see >>> the loader appearing to complete its work (the kernel is loaded) and >>> then... it sits. Once 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. >>> I'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. For details, >> see >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/144956 >> > 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! > Whoops!... Yes... ignore that comment with the jhb link... the preceding one regarding device.hints has the solution. -- Charles