From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun Aug 19 17:47:51 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 854C71071FCF for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:47:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevans@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::24b:4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3853F8250B for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:47:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevans@freebsd.org) Received: from mail-lj1-f181.google.com (mail-lj1-f181.google.com [209.85.208.181]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) (Authenticated sender: kevans) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CBDAD1AB61 for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:47:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevans@freebsd.org) Received: by mail-lj1-f181.google.com with SMTP id p6-v6so9862675ljc.5 for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2018 10:47:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlHknAAM7r4DW3uDvJbC7jdDJwkCBeQluMBWX156srKOvqbH2Qms h0tLEKtPe1hi5T5gsy8vo4izC8lBNtXdF+p03YY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA+uWPxphLUn/5+d/YVWf2fLDTpFj/brtX6deUohXzPs0eLhGxQfS3cnlgeYoQolAiOVpAv5/kDtFIpbcSDC6rP3tcw= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:4055:: with SMTP id n82-v6mr26320107lja.99.1534700869378; Sun, 19 Aug 2018 10:47:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a2e:5742:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Aug 2018 10:47:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20180819193333.3e7b5785@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> References: <20180819193333.3e7b5785@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> From: Kyle Evans Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:47:28 -0500 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: LUA loader: non UEFI boxes have weird ssh output To: "O. Hartmann" Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:47:51 -0000 On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:33 PM, O. Hartmann wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Just updated some boxes to 12-CURRENT r338057 and I face a very strange behaviour: > > on non-UEFI booting boxes (older Fujitsu and Dell servers from 2008/2009, PCengine APU > 2C4), logging in via ssh reveals broken output: even top does show nothing, the box is > stuck. Calling vi(1) on some files does alos freeze the terminal - no response, nothing. > On the PCengine, also applications like Asterisk do not work anymore - not output on the > console. The program is running, but stopped servicing. Only the serial console to some > of the "ssd-brain-dead" systems work, sshd is dead. This isn't the case on UEFI boxes > with the very same revision (r338057). > > Is this a coincidence or is this/could this related to the switch to LUA loader? > This is probably a coincidence. Most of the important stuff that happens in loader is independent of the interpreter that's built into it, the exceptions being that the interpreter is tasked with reading loader.conf(5) and sets up some ACPI stuff on x86 BIOS boots.