From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 21 16:20:04 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21132106567A for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:20:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1598FC20 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:20:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o6LGK3iS099106 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:20:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o6LGK3rn099104; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:20:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:20:03 GMT Message-Id: <201007211620.o6LGK3rn099104@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org From: Bruce Cran Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install at probing devices X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bruce Cran List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:20:04 -0000 The following reply was made to PR amd64/148805; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Cran To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rl001@pacbell.net Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/148805: [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install at probing devices Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:16:21 +0100 It looks like Int_Open_Disk in libdisk might be getting confused by stale metadata in the RAID and going into an infinite loop. I suspect this problem will only be solved when the new partition detection logic based on gpart is committed. -- Bruce Cran