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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 22:01:32 -0000 > Am 17.01.2021 um 18:55 schrieb Emmanuel Vadot : >=20 > On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:49:01 -0300 > "Dr. Rolf Jansen" wrote: >=20 >>> Am 17.01.2021 um 13:45 schrieb Emmanuel Vadot = : >>>=20 >>> On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:11:28 -0300 >>> "Dr. Rolf Jansen" > wrote: >>>=20 >>>>> Am 16.01.2021 um 14:48 schrieb Emmanuel Vadot = >: >>>>>=20 >>>>> On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 18:43:33 +0100 >>>>> Emmanuel Vadot >> wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>>> On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 14:08:58 -0300 >>>>>> "Dr. Rolf Jansen" wrote: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> I updated one of my BBB from an older 13-CURRENT (July 2020) to = the latest 13-ALPHA1 snapshot from Jan, 14th ? = GENERICSD-20210114-7ae27c2d6c4-255938. >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> I had successfully employed an USB-WLAN dongle based on the = RTL8188eu chipset. I only added the following into /boot/loader.conf: >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> if_rtwn_usb_load=3D"YES" >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> By that all dependend modules were loaded automatically in a = snap. With ALPHA1 this doesn?t work anymore. After hours of = troubleshooting, I got it working by adding the following into = /etc/rc.conf: >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> kld_list=3D"if_rtwn_usb" >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> The "Loading kernel modules:" takes apprx. 4 seconds, however, = then the USB-WLAN device is enumerated correctly and it is ready to use. = This makes me think that this uncommon huge delay is the culprit. I = checked this with some snapshot thats I had installed already. The issue = seems to have been introduced together with the switch to GENERICSD. A = GENERICSD 13-CURRENT from end of December showed this issue already, = while a BBB-specific snapshot (from November 2020) that I had installed = on another BBB works as before by loading the modules in = /boot/loader.conf. >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> I don't mind to load the modules by the way of the kld_list = directive in /etc/rc.conf. However, the unusual long duration of loading = the module and its dependencies might be an indication for a more = fundamental issue. >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Please feel free to ask me for doing more tests.=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Best regards >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Rolf >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> I can reproduce that on my netbooted BBB. >>>>>> The module is correctly loaded : >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Loading >>>>>> kernel... /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x1b4 text=3D0x68d638 = text=3D0x1c84f0 >>>>>> data=3D0xb4070 data=3D0x0+0x258000 = syms=3D[0x4+0xa5ab0+0x4+0x119fd4] Loading >>>>>> configured modules... /boot/kernel/if_rtwn_usb.ko text=3D0xb960 >>>>>> text=3D0x62c0 data=3D0x2cc+0x3b syms=3D[0x4+0x3570+0x4+0x293f] = /boot/entropy >>>>>> size=3D0x1000 /etc/hostid >>>>>> size=3D0x25 Using DTB provided by EFI at >>>>>> 0x87f00000. Kernel entry at >>>>>> 0x96e00200... Kernel args: >>>>>> (null) = =20 >>>>>> ---<>--- = =20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> But it isn't loaded anymore after booting : >>>>>> root@bbb:~ # kldstat=20 >>>>>> Id Refs Address Size Name >>>>>> 1 1 0xc0000000 d23a8c kernel >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> I don't think it has to do with the switch to GENERICSD, there is = (at >>>>>> least shouldn't be) any difference between the old BBB image and = the >>>>>> GENERICSD one. >>>>=20 >>>> Yes, this might well be a coincidence. I do neither have the last = BBB specific snapshot nor the first GENERICSD one for testing these = against each other. >>>>=20 >>>>> Just did a test on my OrangePi One (Allwinner H3 armv7 with 512MB = of >>>>> RAM) and this is the same. >>>>> The problem seems to be module dependancy, loader only loads >>>>> if_rtnw_usb but doing a kldload also brings wlan.ko and rtwn.ko >>>>=20 >>>> I can confirm this. And in addition loading the if_rtwn_usb.ko = module and its dependcies manually also takes now significantly longer = compared to a manual load on the BBB specific 13-CURRENT from November. = Perhaps something has been changed in the dependency resolver. >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Fixed in 0f2434ea000e >>>=20 >>> Thanks for reporting. >>=20 >> Unfortunately, this did not resolve the issue. I updated my working = copy with git pull and verified that your changes made it into my source = tree. Then I built a new kernel and replaced the original ALPHA1 kernel = from 2021-01-14 by this new one. The rtwn-modules are still not loaded = by the if_rtwn_usb_load=3D"YES" directive in /boot/loader.conf. >>=20 >> Best regards >>=20 >> Rolf >=20 > You need to update loader.efi on the ESP partition. Please excuse my ignorance. Do I need to build world for this? Then = where is the newly build loader.efi? Best regards Rolf