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Date:      Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:56:40 -0700
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
To:        "Lundberg, Johannes" <johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: hint.uart.1 in device.hints causes freeze at boot
Message-ID:  <1456502200.13785.78.camel@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAASDrV=utCCDpAtN9jVEOOK=FbHiK7skJ6VkXptUZxX=9SAaBw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2016-02-26 at 09:48 -0600, Lundberg, Johannes wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Not sure if it's ok to cross post but I wasn't sure which list to
> send to.
> 
> On Intel Atom X5-Z8300 SoC (CherryTrail) the install memstick image
> (amd64)
> halts during boot because of uart.1 settings in device hints.
> 
> I'm sure it is there for a reason so what is the alternative actions?
> Is
> the solution to get a bootable Atom SoC image to create yet another
> distribution or can the installer choose the proper device.hints
> dynamically during boot?
> 
> Best regards
> 

There's not a lot of information to go on here... at what point does it
halt?  Why do you think it's related to the uart 1 hint?  Does it help
to set hint.uart.1.disabled=1 in loader before booting?

-- Ian




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