From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 10 15:47:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ECF610656A6 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:47:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: from keltia.net (centre.keltia.net [IPv6:2a01:240:fe5c::41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4439F8FC1A for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:47:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr (aran.keltia.net [88.191.250.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: roberto) by keltia.net (Postfix/TLS) with ESMTPSA id 2D696D682 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:47:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:47:37 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110210154737.GA1356@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: MacOS X / Macbook Pro - FreeBSD 7.2 / Dell D820 SMP User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (keltia.net); Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:47:43 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Removing all ZFS support from boot process X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:47:46 -0000 According to Mark Powell: > etc. for each drive. Then I can hear all the drives making noises. > Sounds like the devices are being tasted, with the spinning char. > This goes on for sometime. Often the machine hangs solid and I have The controller has just been resetted by the driver and is now proceeding to spin the drives up (or just reset each of them) to make sure they are ready. Some controllers do that before loading the kernel, some later would be my guess. > LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=no I do not think it is ZFS related at all. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.net In memoriam to Ondine, our 2nd child: http://ondine.keltia.net/