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Date:      Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:58:31 +0300
From:      Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Thinkpad X61s cannot boot 9.1-BETA1
Message-ID:  <5050DB57.90903@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120912174649.GV20762@e-new.0x20.net>
References:  <201207311632.30938.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208211948290.2749@thinkpad.nowhere.local> <20120822093317.GW32916@e-new.0x20.net> <5034D4CD.4030301@gibfest.dk> <20120822165239.GX32916@e-new.0x20.net> <50351EA4.4040401@gibfest.dk> <20120912113425.GK20762@e-new.0x20.net> <50508606.4040704@FreeBSD.org> <20120912172525.GU20762@e-new.0x20.net> <5050C6BC.8000307@FreeBSD.org> <20120912174649.GV20762@e-new.0x20.net>

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On 12.09.2012 20:46, Lars Engels wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 08:30:36PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>> on 12/09/2012 20:25 Lars Engels said the following:
>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 03:54:30PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>>>> Could you try to play with different eventtimer settings (preferably in current) ?
>>>> You can use this thread / PR as a guide:
>>>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.devel.amd64/14480/focus=14495
>>>>
>>>> The place where boot stop looks suspiciously close to the place where timer
>>>> interrupts should start driving the system.
>>>
>>> Yes, that's it!
>>> Setting  kern.eventtimer.timer="i8254" let's the Thinkpad boot on
>>> CURRENT with the AC cable inserted.
>>>
>>
>> Please share your sysctl kern.eventtimer output with Alexander.
>> He will probably ask for some additional information :-)

Sorry if I've missed, but it would be useful to see verbose dmesg in 
situation where system couldn't boot without switching eventtimer.

-- 
Alexander Motin



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