From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 7 21:57:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB9C1065671 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:57:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:41c8:1:548a::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEF4E8FC1A for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:57:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:19b1:3699:2750:1b30] (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:19b1:3699:2750:1b30]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ADC03017C; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:57:32 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <47D1BA39.2010707@cran.org.uk> Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:57:13 +0000 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick C References: <34394a3a0803071131r7d124804q35d127e1af628b61@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <34394a3a0803071131r7d124804q35d127e1af628b61@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to reboot with 7.0 release candidates and -RELEASE on AMD64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:57:34 -0000 Patrick C wrote: > I am having issues getting a new machine with 7 to reboot and power > down. The machine uses a SuperMicro X7DCL-3 and there are two > quad-core processors installed. Upon issuing a reboot or power off, > the machine hangs immediately after displaying the "Uptime" statement. > > I have tried disabling ACPI in the BIOS (FreeBSD can't allocate > interrupts for any of the devices then) and all the sysctl's you'd > guess... hw.syscons.kbd_reboot, hw.acpi.disable_on_eboot, > hw.acpi.handle_reboot. The same effect was noticed with > > dmesg is here: http://freebsd.pastebin.com/m55c91bee > kerenl configuration is here: http://freebsd.pastebin.com/m54d0fbe > > I have an ACPI dump generated if someone wants it. We have two of > these systems and are getting more and it would be a big issue if we > couldn't reboot them. > > Thanks, > -Patrick > Some machines generate an SMI during the shutdown of the USB controller if legacy USB support is enabled. Unfortunately the only way to test if this is the problem is if you can access the machine using a PS/2 keyboard or a serial port (with a BIOS accessible over serial as well) since once you disable legacy USB support a USB keyboard won't function until after FreeBSD has booted. -- Bruce -- Bruce