From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 29 22:57:18 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4795E16A41C for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 22:57:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from ford.blinkenlights.nl (ford.blinkenlights.nl [213.204.211.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B10A343D1D for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 22:57:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from tea.blinkenlights.nl (tea.blinkenlights.nl [IPv6:2001:960:301:3:a00:20ff:fe85:fa39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ford.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77F813F294; Mon, 30 May 2005 00:57:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id 0E912265; Mon, 30 May 2005 00:57:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9FDEFC; Mon, 30 May 2005 00:57:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 00:57:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans To: Richard Tector In-Reply-To: <20050529231356.g3a9jpkfko00ogwk@webmail.thekeelecentre.com> Message-ID: References: <20050529082742.GA836@kukulies.org> <4299C17D.9090802@thekeelecentre.com> <20050529231356.g3a9jpkfko00ogwk@webmail.thekeelecentre.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reboot hangs at Uptime: X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 22:57:18 -0000 On Sun, 29 May 2005, Richard Tector wrote: > Quoting Sten Spans : > >> On Sun, 29 May 2005, Richard Tector wrote: >>> >>> I've had a similar problem for a while on a dual P3 Gateway branded Asus >>> CUR-DLS motherboard but never really looked into it much. At the time I >>> tried both with and without the ACPI module loaded; reboots are not >>> possible. The machine hangs just after printing something like cpu0: >>> reset() >>> A basic shutdown -p now works fine and powers the machine off. Issuing >>> reboot/shutdown -r now however results in the above behaviour. The system >>> has tracked HEAD for a few months and the problem has existed as long as I >>> can remember. >>> >>> The machine is currently running the latest BIOS released by Gateway. I >>> didn't fancy trying the newer BIOS's from Asus. I've attached a copy of >>> the boot dmesg. If there's any other information that might be of help I >>> can supply that. >> >> Try turning on usb in the bios (even if you don't have usb in the kernel), >> this solved my reboot issues with supermicro serverworks p3 motherboards. >> > > Wow, that solved it, thanks. How very odd, I don't think I'd have ever > thought > of that one. > Have you encountered similar reboot issues while running any other operating > system, or just FreeBSD? Only freebsd. I've looked at the code, but I couldn't figure out how usb could affect it. Bios writers have mystical ways feng-shui most commonly. -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem