From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 14:35:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C673216A402 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:35:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-stable@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57C4513C441 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:35:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-stable@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HOxEI-0002gD-P7 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:34:58 +0100 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:34:58 +0100 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:34:58 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:34:54 +0100 Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <200703071309.l27D9RpK016319@lurza.secnetix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigADDE43EF9B6A80AF9C86765A" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070110) In-Reply-To: <200703071309.l27D9RpK016319@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: USB problem - how to disable an umass device? 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: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:35:12 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigADDE43EF9B6A80AF9C86765A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oliver Fromme wrote: > Of course, a better way to solve the problem would be to > find out _why_ it is hanging in the first place. :-) > The first step would be to enter the kernel debugger and > take a stack trace, in order to find out where it is stuck. >=20 > It might be a good idea to take this issue to the freebsd- > usb mailing list. Actually, it resolved to be a very large timeout, on the order of 5 minutes per step, before something gives up and the boot process continue= s. > > I tried using loader hint hint.usb.2.disabled=3D"1" but it doesn't w= ork. >=20 > Unfortunately, hints cannot be used to disable devices in > general (which would be a desirable feature). That only > works for legacy devices (i.e. ISA) and some others. I'd argue that this is actually a bad thing - I'm sure there are situations where it would be useful to disable (almost) arbitrary nodes in the device tree, even down to specific pci busses. --------------enigADDE43EF9B6A80AF9C86765A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird/FreeBSD - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF7s2OldnAQVacBcgRArS7AKCLR9y1H03+vWDIAMl65wO9a1plHQCgqIgo 7WKBEPH50MZQaOLZmJP7UmI= =3yt5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigADDE43EF9B6A80AF9C86765A--