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Date:      Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:51:03 -0700
From:      Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: 6.4 RC1 locks up solid on first reboot
Message-ID:  <BEB20806-41A7-4287-BA2E-512FFF0D686E@netconsonance.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081025012148.GA48297@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <A5A9A4D4-CD16-45FA-A2AC-62C4B5AE976D@netconsonance.com> <200810230627.46478.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> <209111CB-326D-4758-80B2-2505CAE9BCDF@netconsonance.com> <20081025003750.GA42077@phat.za.net> <20081025012148.GA48297@icarus.home.lan>

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On Oct 24, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>> | By Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>
>> |                                          [ 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.
>>
> There are known problems with some BIOSes and "USB Legacy" support.
> Said BIOS option allows a USB keyboard and mouse to be emulated as  
> PS/2
> for operating systems which lack a USB stack, such as MS-DOS -- and  
> more
> importantly, bootloaders!  The FreeBSD bootloader only understands
> AT/PS2 keyboards, which is why that BIOS option is needed.


Not related to Aragon's problem with a USB keyboard, but in my case  
the keyboard is USB and there are no USB devices at all plugged in.

-- 
Jo Rhett
Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source  
and other randomness





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