Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 02:20:35 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> Cc: mj@feral.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, mjacob@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: contigmalloc() lameness (Re: boot problem in HP Proliant ML370 G4) Message-ID: <20060403062034.GA61453@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <4430BD9A.8010606@micom.mng.net> 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> <4430BD9A.8010606@micom.mng.net>
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--Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 03:15:54PM +0900, Ganbold wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 02:27:31PM +0900, Ganbold wrote: > > =20 > >>Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> =20 > >>>On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 12:56:57PM +0900, Ganbold wrote: > >>>=20 > >>> =20 > >>>>Here is dmes.boot and pciconf output on FreeBSD-6.0-RELEASE. > >>>>Boot takes 3-4 minutes after "da0: 140014MB (286749488 512 byte=20 > >>>>sectors: 255H 63S/T 17849C)" line and continues. > >>>>I will try to upgrade again to 6.1-PRERELEASE later today. I did befo= re=20 > >>>>and the problem still was there. > >>>> =20 > >>>> =20 > >>>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. > >>>=20 > >>> =20 > >>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? > >> =20 > > > >Please explain what you mean: why do you have to manually press "Enter"? > > =20 > It is not booting, "-" appears on screen and waits forever. When I press= =20 > "Enter" > key on keyboard it starts booting. That's a completely separate issue. I don't know why it's happening though. Kris --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEML6yWry0BWjoQKURAnNOAKC8hV3YN0pI0552czuAzGqBtaQxDACgqjyS Ug2EOKAmBK3aLBm0Aqzcm0w= =mS/s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--
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