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Date:      Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:04:11 +0100
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hps@bitfrost.no>
To:        FreeBSD Mailing List <bsdml@chelys.dk>, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Cannot boot from USB devices on hardware with VIA chipset
Message-ID:  <52AEA5EB.7020003@bitfrost.no>
In-Reply-To: <20131216002941.GA3083@weatherwax>
References:  <20131216002941.GA3083@weatherwax>

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On 12/16/13 01:29, FreeBSD Mailing List wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a machine with a Jetway NF76 motherboard,
> which is using the VIA Nano processor and VX800 chipset.
> No matter which USB device type I try (memory stick, CDROM drive, hard drive
> masquerading as CDROM drive), the boot process hangs before reaching the
> installation screen, with what looks to me like a USB problem.
>
> This is the last text shown on the screen:
>
>      ugen3.1: <VIA> at usbus3
>      uhub3: <VIA EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus3
>      uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>      uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>      uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>      Timecounter "TSC" frequency 997522552 Hz quality 1000
>      Root mount waiting for: usbus3
>      uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
>      Root mount waiting for: usbus3
>
> Disabling USB 2.0 in the BIOS produces this:
>
>      Timecounter "TSC" frequency 997522552 Hz quality 1000
>      Root mount waiting for: usbus2
>      ugen2.2: <www.zalman.com> at usbus2
>      umass0: <iODD2511> on usbus2
>      umass0: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000
>      umass0:2:0:-1: Attached to scbus2
>      Trying to mount root from cd9660:/dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_INSTALL [ro]...
>      mountroot: waiting for device /dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_INSTALL
>      cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
>      cd0: <ZMVE Virtual CDRom 1.00> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
>      cd0: 1.000MB/s transfers
>      cd0: cd present [204533 x 2048 byte records]
>      cd0: quirks=0x10<10_BYTE_ONLY>
>
> and then nothing else happens.
>
> Release 8.4 is the first release to show this problem. 7.4 and 8.1-3 works
> fine, while 8.4 and all 9.x and 10.0 beta fails.
>
> I've asked about it on the forums, and one of the replies reported similar
> problems on another motherboard using a VIA chipset.
> The thread is available here:
> http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=43600
>
> Any ideas?

Hi,

Might be an IRQ hang problem. Did you try booting without ACPI and SAFE 
mode?

--HPS




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