From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 25 05:51:07 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 F3C501065673; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:51:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D70FA8FC0A; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:51:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from [172.16.12.8] (covad-jrhett.meer.net [209.157.140.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9P5p4hH013541; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:51:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.307 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.307 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=-0.867] Message-Id: From: Jo Rhett To: Jeremy Chadwick In-Reply-To: <20081025012148.GA48297@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:51:03 -0700 References: <200810230627.46478.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> <209111CB-326D-4758-80B2-2505CAE9BCDF@netconsonance.com> <20081025003750.GA42077@phat.za.net> <20081025012148.GA48297@icarus.home.lan> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) 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 05:51:07 -0000 On Oct 24, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> | 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. >> > 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