Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:17:01 +0100 From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> To: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: painful delay during 5.3-RC1 boot Message-ID: <1098796621.13487.26.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <200410252248.i9PMmSQ9000478@mist.nodomain> References: <200410252248.i9PMmSQ9000478@mist.nodomain>
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--=-K9Mn31zgDmZlKoLRdQHz Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 23:48, Dan Strick wrote: > I tried to install 5.3-RC1 yesterday and this time (the first time since > 5.1) it booted correctly. The kernel paused for more than 100 seconds > shortly after starting the second HTT cpu and just before mounting root. > The problem still exists after building and tuning a custom kernel. > Is this known behavior? This sounds very much to me like it could be related to the floppy drive probes in some way. Possibly a disk is being detected, when in fact there isn't one in the drive. Try applying the attached patch to your kernel, recompiling, installing and following up to the list with the resulting verbose boot. Gavin --=-K9Mn31zgDmZlKoLRdQHz Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=fdc.c.diff Content-Type: text/x-patch; name=fdc.c.diff; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 SW5kZXg6IC91c3Ivc3JjL3N5cy9kZXYvZmRjL2ZkYy5jDQo9PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09 PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09DQpSQ1MgZmlsZTog L3Vzci9jdnMvc3JjL3N5cy9kZXYvZmRjL2ZkYy5jLHYNCnJldHJpZXZpbmcgcmV2aXNpb24gMS4y ODMuMi4zDQpkaWZmIC11IC1yMS4yODMuMi4zIGZkYy5jDQotLS0gL3Vzci9zcmMvc3lzL2Rldi9m ZGMvZmRjLmMJMTAgT2N0IDIwMDQgMjM6NDk6MzggLTAwMDAJMS4yODMuMi4zDQorKysgL3Vzci9z cmMvc3lzL2Rldi9mZGMvZmRjLmMJMjAgT2N0IDIwMDQgMDk6NTg6NDcgLTAwMDANCkBAIC0yNjQs NyArMjY0LDcgQEANCiBTWVNDVExfSU5UKF9kZWJ1Z19mZGMsIE9JRF9BVVRPLCBmaWZvLCBDVExG TEFHX1JXLCAmZmlmb190aHJlc2hvbGQsIDAsIA0KIAkiRklGTyB0aHJlc2hvbGQgc2V0dGluZyIp Ow0KIA0KLXN0YXRpYyBpbnQgZGVidWdmbGFncyA9IDA7DQorc3RhdGljIGludCBkZWJ1Z2ZsYWdz ID0gMHhmZjsNCiBTWVNDVExfSU5UKF9kZWJ1Z19mZGMsIE9JRF9BVVRPLCBkZWJ1Z2ZsYWdzLCBD VExGTEFHX1JXLCAmZGVidWdmbGFncywgMCwNCiAJIkRlYnVnIGZsYWdzIik7DQogDQpAQCAtMTY4 NSw2ICsxNjg1LDE0IEBADQogCWludAllcnJvcjsNCiANCiAJZmRjID0gZGV2aWNlX2dldF9zb2Z0 YyhkZXYpOw0KKw0KKwlwcmludGYoIkNvbnRlbnRzIG9mIGZkY19kYXRhIGF0IHN0YXJ0IG9mIGZk Y19hdHRhY2g6XG4iKTsNCisJcHJpbnRmKCIgIHBvcnR0PTB4JTB4ICAgcG9ydGg9MHglMHggICBz dHN0PTB4JTB4ICAgc3RzaD0weCUweFxuIiwNCisJICAgIGZkYy0+cG9ydHQsIGZkYy0+cG9ydGgs IGZkYy0+c3RzdCwgZmRjLT5zdHNoKTsNCisJcHJpbnRmKCIgIGN0bHQ9MHglMHggICAgY3RsaD0w eCUweFxuIiwgZmRjLT5jdGx0LCBmZGMtPmN0bGgpOw0KKwlwcmludGYoIiAgcG9ydF9vZmY9MHgl MHggICAgY3RsX29mZj0weCUweCAgICBzdHNfb2ZmPTB4JTB4XG4iLA0KKwkgICAgZmRjLT5wb3J0 X29mZiwgZmRjLT5jdGxfb2ZmLCBmZGMtPnN0c19vZmYpOw0KKw0KIAlmZGMtPmZkY19kZXYgPSBk ZXY7DQogCWVycm9yID0gZmRjX2luaXRpYWxfcmVzZXQoZGV2LCBmZGMpOw0KIAlpZiAoZXJyb3Ip IHsNCg== --=-K9Mn31zgDmZlKoLRdQHz--
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