From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 16 18:21:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC646106564A for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:21:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex-goncharov@comcast.net) Received: from qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.59.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78A718FC0A for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.51]) by qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id aiLD1i00616LCl05DiMwTb; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:21:56 +0000 Received: from hans3 ([66.30.197.229]) by omta06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id aiMw1i00T4xSlmi3SiMwec; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:21:56 +0000 Received: from algo by hans3 with local (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Ry5xr-000HUH-6Q for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:21:55 -0500 From: Alex Goncharov To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-reply-to: <4F3D460E.7090507@gmail.com> (message from Rares Aioanei on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:08:14 +0200) References: <4F3D460E.7090507@gmail.com> Message-Id: Sender: Alex Goncharov Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:21:55 -0500 Cc: Subject: Re: 8 to 9: A longer wait early in the boot of a (damaged) Compaq Presario X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Alex Goncharov List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:21:56 -0000 ,--- I/Alex (Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:34:36 -0500) ----* | There was one other odd thing that I noticed then: while Debian booted | without a delay, FreeBSD 8 made a long pause after passing the boot | menu: it would display the '/' character and sit there for some | non-trivial amount of seconds. I assumed that it was doing some BIOS | querying, and with BIOS (firmware?) being damaged, it took the system | some time to figure things out... perhaps it was re-querying BIOS, | seeing the insane value of 0 for an interface's Ethernet address (I | have many machines running FreeBSD, including multiple laptops, and | this machine is unique in the long bootup pause). `-------------------------------------------------* ,--- Rares Aioanei (Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:08:14 +0200) ----* | I get the same on my HP Pavilion dv9750 laptop, but with an intact BIOS, | afaict. And that happens regardless of the wi-fi card's state (eg | disabled or enabled from the hardware button). Maybe this helps. `--------------------------------------------------------* To add to the fact base: I don't have any of this with my HP Pavilion DV6-1334US: neither with FreeBSD 8 nor 9 (upgraded that laptop two days ago, too.) -- Alex -- alex-goncharov@comcast.net --