Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:15:54 +0900 From: Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: mj@feral.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, mjacob@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: contigmalloc() lameness (Re: boot problem in HP Proliant ML370 G4) Message-ID: <4430BD9A.8010606@micom.mng.net> In-Reply-To: <20060403053331.GA60319@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <442BBDED.4060804@micom.mng.net> <7579f7fb0603312322y46d87807t2e13af72bae45d96@mail.gmail.com> <44309D09.9040503@micom.mng.net> <20060403040807.GA58859@xor.obsecurity.org> <4430B243.3060405@micom.mng.net> <20060403053331.GA60319@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 02:27:31PM +0900, Ganbold wrote: > >> Kris Kennaway wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 12:56:57PM +0900, Ganbold wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Here is dmes.boot and pciconf output on FreeBSD-6.0-RELEASE. >>>> Boot takes 3-4 minutes after "da0: 140014MB (286749488 512 byte sectors: >>>> 255H 63S/T 17849C)" line and continues. >>>> I will try to upgrade again to 6.1-PRERELEASE later today. I did before >>>> and the problem still was there. >>>> >>>> >>> The mpt driver calls contigmalloc in a way that takes ages to run >>> because it was poorly rewritten some time ago. Scottl partially fixed >>> it on 7.0 (after the problem became much worse there - it was taking >>> over 40 minutes instead of 4) but the change is not complete enough to >>> back-port yet. >>> >>> >> I see. Yes, it eventually becomes up after 3-4 minutes. >> However what annoying is every time I reboot/restart the server >> I have to manually press "Enter" key. How can I resolve this issue? >> > > Please explain what you mean: why do you have to manually press "Enter"? > It is not booting, "-" appears on screen and waits forever. When I press "Enter" key on keyboard it starts booting. Ganbold > Kris > >
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