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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:00:59 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        lev@freebsd.org
Cc:        Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Latest -CURRENT/i386 could not start under VirutalBox 4.1.18 and 4.2 (Windows host): hangs up after atrtc0 detection
Message-ID:  <CAJ-VmokF=JK=TS34CdHqO5BTh6WN950tdK0C%2BUOWpFoQhTHhYA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1859311530.20120920005449@serebryakov.spb.ru>
References:  <80840563.20120920002200@serebryakov.spb.ru> <1252171344.20120920003724@serebryakov.spb.ru> <1348087584.95562.55.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <1859311530.20120920005449@serebryakov.spb.ru>

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On 19 September 2012 13:54, Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hello, Ian.
> You wrote 20 =D3=C5=CE=D4=D1=C2=D2=D1 2012 =C7., 0:46:24:
>
> IL> Yes, exactly.  I updated the PR to request that my patch not get
> IL> committed because it locks up virtualbox.  I hope to find time soon t=
o
> IL> learn enough about installing/configuring virtualbox to figure out wh=
at
> IL> the problem is (offhand,I suspect it hangs in the loop that probes fo=
r
> IL> the need to re-index, because vbox doesn't quite emulate the hardware
> IL> behavior fully).
>  How could I help? Is it possible to debug kernel on such early stage?

Add something to atrtc_start() to only loop over that loop say, 64k
times before dropping out; and print an error if it hits that
condition.

Also, what's that RTCSA_8192 bit do?



adrian



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