From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Tue Jul 31 16:38:16 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13300105E5FA; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:38:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (static-24-113-41-81.wavecable.com [24.113.41.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8541471691; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:38:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id w6VGPb1x032224; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:25:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) X-Mailer: UDNSMS MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "FreeBSD Current"freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: "Chris H" Reply-To: bsd-lists@BSDforge.com To: "FreeBSD Stable"freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Can't upgrade past 10.4-STABLE (interrupt storm?) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:25:43 -0700 Message-Id: <7406fb42a5e2ec2cb09fca98ca1e39bb@udns.ultimatedns.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:59:20 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:38:16 -0000 Hello, I've got an older laptop that I attempted to install 12 on w/o success=2E Well, it installed=2E But was unusable=2E Typing anything at the console frequently doesn't output on the screen w/o tapping one of the arrow keys=2E But doing that causes other problems=2E As I can't really use the output=2E :( I suspected an interrupt storm of some type=2E But really can't say for sure=2E a vmstat -i seems to show unusually high numbers for irq1: atkbd0 often ~1/3rd the number for CPU0=2E I can easily realize all this during the install process from the install media=2E So it's easy to test=2E This is a i386 based Pentium M=2E FreeBSD 10=2E4-STABLE runs like a dream=2E But I'm going to need to move forward at some point, and I'd like that some point to be now=2E :) Any thoughts on how I might discover /what/ change was made from 10=2E4-->11* to cause this? It has a trackpad=2E Should that make any difference=2E Thanks! --Chris