From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 24 21:51:23 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 5F4C3106564A for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:51:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.delphij.net (delphij-pt.tunnel.tserv2.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:2c9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECA7E8FC20 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:51:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1722128449 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:51:22 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89094EB540A; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:51:21 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([211.166.10.233]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0YRO9jlnOAbO; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:51:16 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (adsl-76-237-33-62.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net [76.237.33.62]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 34EF0EB52D7; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:51:14 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=s+EmWJUg7/uO5FrfqKa7wksV5/UCMiZrFofyjninTNDIoXFAEATlwdW1QlcIJvPnC 3K7DkhNAEMvfCr0u0zAdg== Message-ID: <492B21D0.5060906@delphij.net> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:51:12 -0800 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080928) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jo Rhett References: <84E1EC10-5323-4A8C-AD60-31142621DB32@netconsonance.com> <200810271151.47366.jhb@freebsd.org> <280616DD-A58F-4AE5-AB03-92C5F2C244EC@netconsonance.com> In-Reply-To: <280616DD-A58F-4AE5-AB03-92C5F2C244EC@netconsonance.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=18EDEBA0; url=http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable Stable Subject: Re: Can I get a committer to mark this bug as blocking 6.4-RELEASE ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:51:23 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jo Rhett wrote: > This is now filed as PR 129149 > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=129149 > > Given the nature of this bug, can I persuade someone to mark this as > blocking 6.4-RELEASE ? My wild guess is that this is somehow related to SMP handling since the installation process would install a SMP kernel, but the default CD-ROM kernel is UP for 6.x. Could you please try if you have the same problem with UP kernel? (Copy from LiveCD or something) > On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Jo Rhett wrote: >> On Oct 27, 2008, at 8:51 AM, John Baldwin wrote: >>> On Friday 24 October 2008 02:48:13 pm Jo Rhett wrote: >>>> So I booted up by CD and used Fixit mode to switch the system to boot >>>> via serial (keyboard detached), but this gathered me even less. >>>> >>>> /boot.config: -Dh >>>> Consoles: internal video/keyboard serial port >>>> BIOS drive A: is disk0 >>>> BIOS drive C: is disk1 >>>> BIOS drive D: is disk2 >>>> BIOS 639kB/4062144kB available memory >>>> >>>> FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 >>>> (root@dessler.cse.b >>>> >>>> Plugging back in the monitor after lockup showed only a single char >>>> more: >>>> (root@dessler.cse.bu >>> >>> This confirms it is hanging in one of the two BIOS routines to output a >>> character. One thing you can do would be to boot up and do the >>> following: >>> >>> dd if=/dev/mem bs=0x400 count=1 of=idt.out >>> dd if=/dev/mem bs=64k iseek=15 count=1 of=bios.out >>> >>> Then place those files some place I can fetch them. >> >> Both files are at http://support.netconsonance.com/freebsd/ >> >> FYI, this is notable -- the keyboard does not respond at the boot >> prompt. I mean the menu where you can escape to the loader prompt, >> with the fat freebsd ascii art. No keyboard presses are observed >> here. This is also true for the boot menu on the 6.4 installation CD >> too. >> >> No problems with 6.2 or 6.3 >> >> -- >> Jo Rhett >> Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source >> and other randomness >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" - -- Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkrIc8ACgkQi+vbBBjt66BVUACcDLDK7Ubugt2sto8WKAYfxF0L 93cAoI3bJ/7YcKQeVUmWTO9R2tOCOf6W =dEk9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----