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Date:      Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:56:44 -0600
From:      "Elliot Finley" <lists@efinley.com>
To:        "Gavin Atkinson" <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ASUS P4P800 doesn't reboot
Message-ID:  <00c201c427ca$02605040$32cba1cd@science1>
References:  <03b201c42735$413af7b0$32cba1cd@science1> <1082542166.36802.59.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gavin Atkinson" <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk>
> On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 01:11, Elliot Finley wrote:
> > I have several systems using the ASUS P4P800 MB.  When I issue a
'reboot',
> > they shut down cleanly.  They then stop after the 'uptime' line and
hang.
> >
> > If I remember correctly, this started happening between 5.2-R and
5.2.1-R.
> >
> > I have a test box that I can take down at any time.  I just need some
> > guidance on how to troubleshoot this.
>
> Is this a SCSI based machine?

no

> I'm trying to solve this same problem on a
> machine I have with an Adaptec 7899 SCSI card and a Mylex 352 raid card
> - and have found mine to be hanging while shutting down the SCSI
> subsystem. How long have you left it to reboot before giving up waiting?

12 hours

> Can you apply the attached patch and see what messages are given on
> shutdown? Also, it is possible that this patch will change things for
> you - there are two things that the SCSI shutdown routine can hang on
> that will now time out after a few minutes with the patch. Patch is
> against top-of-tree -CURRENT. It's worth applying even if you don'y use
> SCSI because it adds a few printf's to other places too.

I'll let you know what I get.

Elliot



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