From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 25 00:37:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A18C1065676; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:37:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aragon@phat.za.net) Received: from mail.geek.sh (decoder.geek.sh [196.36.198.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CED38FC08; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:37:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aragon@phat.za.net) Received: by mail.geek.sh (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 38A5E24D22; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:37:50 +0200 (SAST) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:37:50 +0200 From: Aragon Gouveia To: Jo Rhett Message-ID: <20081025003750.GA42077@phat.za.net> References: <200810230627.46478.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> <209111CB-326D-4758-80B2-2505CAE9BCDF@netconsonance.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <209111CB-326D-4758-80B2-2505CAE9BCDF@netconsonance.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p2 i386 Cc: freebsd-stable Stable , John Baldwin Subject: Re: 6.4 RC1 locks up solid on first reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:37:52 -0000 | By Jo Rhett | [ 2008-10-24 21:13 +0200 ] > On Oct 22, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Milan Obuch wrote: > >I did not investigate on this issue too much, but there is an > >workaround - > >copy older /boot/loader over newer one. In my case, I am rebuilding > >whole > >world often, and now /boot/loader seems to not build correctly for > >me. Older > >one is ~ 250 kB, rebuilt will be ~ 185 kB, and freezes. > > 6.4's boot loader is 221k > 6.3's boot loader is 217k > > Copying 6.3 boot loader to the 6.4 solved the keyboard lockup problem, > but it still panics during the boot. At last now I get the entire > panic to the serial console so I can cut/paste. FWIW, I've had problems with 7.0's boot loader locking up too. I'm running a -stable compile from march and during bootup, if I make too many keypresses the bootup sequence freezes. Once loader has handed off to the kernel then everything's fine, but I can't make any use of loader's or bootX's command lines without the system freezing. I'm careful not to touch my keyboard during bootup! Keyboard and mouse are both USB. Regards, Aragon