Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:49:28 -0400 From: Charles Owens <cowens@greatbaysoftware.com> To: Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Minute+ delay between kernel load and initialization (solved!) Message-ID: <4BCCEC08.3020602@greatbaysoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <o2h3c0b01821004191537w747ea13dld1d670108ca99e98@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B5478D1.4000900@greatbaysoftware.com> <4BCCD392.2060304@greatbaysoftware.com> <o2h3c0b01821004191537w747ea13dld1d670108ca99e98@mail.gmail.com>
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On 4/19/2010 6:37 PM, Alexander Sack wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Charles Owens > <cowens@greatbaysoftware.com> wrote: > >> On 1/18/2010 10:05 AM, Charles Owens wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> We have a new system based on the Intel S5520 motherboard that seems to >>> work fine except during _every_ boot it pauses for about one minute 15 >>> seconds just before any kernel initialization messages appear. We see >>> the loader appearing to complete its work (the kernel is loaded) and >>> then... it sits. Once it starts up again (with usual kernel-boot >>> messages) it appears to boot normally (no error messages). >>> >>> This has been seen with both FreeBSD 8.0 and 7.1, using GENERIC kernels. >>> I'd appreciate any and all assistance in figuring this out. >>> >>> Boot output follows (happens to be from a PAE-enabled kernel) >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Charles >>> >>> >>> >> [truncated] >> >> An answer to this was graciously provided by Titus Manea. For details, >> see >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/144956 >> > Charles, thanks for this. I am also seeing this on a S5520UR. What > was ultimately the patch fix? Just the disable hint? The jhb link is > for mpt. > > Thanks! > Whoops!... Yes... ignore that comment with the jhb link... the preceding one regarding device.hints has the solution. -- Charles
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