From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 6 09:08:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11D361065692 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:08:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pluknet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f222.google.com (mail-fx0-f222.google.com [209.85.220.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 988878FC20 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm22 with SMTP id 22so3643114fxm.36 for ; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:08:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=MU5h0ndnDpbsyUzizE4hAoBCLRB8wQpNXfGMa2PGadA=; b=tJxsTFJizBZbBDiTeOMlcrfmOCQWqkkH2/NG/25YKPHKkjAgQwfReAwsH+kn3zDE0Z 8d43BzExW1tRszzahljggi7ec8eenN0tWUsaXnCBIGJ0DtNkuVbth/fA7UhirXT9cDSS esxRB0MpZ2hVg995fFgceJKSzGp2dNuSZbeYA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=elu+AkqcA7ACaKi0bjs+Ay9mEOryTc++f7aHHM1We9uk0HtkLMLL8zAnBS7Tsg0DPt fPBAdvmk6EGvzIGIBYUWqCcO2NZZjhpruwRIymBU8EwdNZqwt8YD4Az0PVP83YzcuArN m/KFGRNaZ6ZcrDKswZs8bG0kdDMvDSzrUHA98= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.20.82 with SMTP id e18mr4923475bkb.168.1254820088551; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:08:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <309b65830910060054g16a099abxb8e203a46aa9e89c@mail.gmail.com> References: <309b65830910060054g16a099abxb8e203a46aa9e89c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:08:08 +0400 Message-ID: From: pluknet To: Christian Schmidt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot issues with a Dell Inspiron 530 and 8.0 RC1 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: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:08:10 -0000 2009/10/6 Christian Schmidt : > Hello list, > > I am seeing a strange issue with my Dell Inspiron 530 with 8.0 RC1-p1 > at around 50-75% percent of all boots. It all boils down to GENERIC > throwing the following: > > AP #1 (PHY #1) failed! > panic y/n? [y] panic: bye-bye > cpuid = 0 > > However, this only happens when booting from the hard disk. A boot > from the install CD works perfectly every time. Testing the machine > with 7.2 last night revealed the same issue, so this is not specific > to 8.0 > As an interesting side-note: the odds of a successful boot increase > dramtically when cold-booting. Rebooting from e.g. Linux or Windows > seems to push the failure-rate to around a 100% every time. > > The system itself is almost completely Intel. Some specifications: > Intel 82801 PCI Bridge > Intel G33/G31/P35/P31 PCIe > Intel ICH9 SMBus > I got an advice to try to update BIOS for a similar problem (visible in 6.x). Unfortunately it's not easy in my environment. Could you try that way and report? -- wbr, pluknet