Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2018-05-25 Thread Peter Blok
Same here. EARLY_AP_STARTUP no longer needs to be disabled on my boxes too. > On 24 May 2018, at 19:12, Mark Martinec wrote: > > Just a short report to a thread I started when 11.1 came out. > > This machine would stall in a busy loop while attaching disks > during boot. Rebuilding a kernel wi

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2018-05-24 Thread Mark Martinec
Just a short report to a thread I started when 11.1 came out. This machine would stall in a busy loop while attaching disks during boot. Rebuilding a kernel with EARLY_AP_STARTUP disabled avoided the problem. This was a situation through the whole 11.1 life cycle (i.e. patch releases did not help

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-24 Thread Mark Martinec
the sources of those panics anyway. Took r321415 from stable/11 and applied it to 11.1-RC3 - and it makes no difference to booting: still hangs attempting to attach da0, with a spinning CPU (according to fan speed). Booting in safe mode, or with EARLY_AP_STARTUP disabled avoids the problem

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-24 Thread Ken Merry
t;> during a boot of a generic (patched) kernel, at least not in >>> the last 40-lines screen before the hang occurs. >>> (It also does not show during a "Safe mode" successful boot.) >> >> Btw (may or may not be relevant): after the above experiment >

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-24 Thread Steven Hartland
07/2017 15:55, Mark Martinec wrote: Thanks! Tried it, and the message (or a backtrace) does not show during a boot of a generic (patched) kernel, at least not in the last 40-lines screen before the hang occurs. (It also does not show during a "Safe mode" successful boot.) Btw (may or

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-24 Thread Mark Martinec
Thanks! Tried it, and the message (or a backtrace) does not show during a boot of a generic (patched) kernel, at least not in the last 40-lines screen before the hang occurs. (It also does not show during a "Safe mode" successful boot.) Btw (may or may not be relevant): after

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-24 Thread Mark Martinec
r tracking down the hang. It might produce false positives, but we'll see. Thanks! Tried it, and the message (or a backtrace) does not show during a boot of a generic (patched) kernel, at least not in the last 40-lines screen before the hang occurs. (It also does not show during a "S

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-23 Thread Mark Johnston
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 03:45:39PM +0200, Mark Martinec wrote: > 2017-07-20 02:03, Mark Johnston wrote: > > One thing to try at this point would be to disable EARLY_AP_STARTUP in > > the kernel config. That is, take a configuration with which you're able > > to reproduce the hang during boot, and r

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-20 Thread Mark Martinec
2017-07-20 02:03, Mark Johnston wrote: One thing to try at this point would be to disable EARLY_AP_STARTUP in the kernel config. That is, take a configuration with which you're able to reproduce the hang during boot, and remove "options EARLY_AP_STARTUP". Done. And it avoids the problem altoget

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-19 Thread Mark Johnston
(possibly due to an unresponsive USB keyboard at that time), > even though the debug.kdb.break_to_debugger was set to 1 at a > loader prompt. It needs loader "Safe mode" to be able to boot. > > Next, a locally built kernel with DDB and INVARIANTS works well > (the remain

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-19 Thread Mark Martinec
. It needs loader "Safe mode" to be able to boot. Next, a locally built kernel with DDB and INVARIANTS works well (the remaining options come from an included GENERIC). Now the funny part: a locally built kernel with just the DDB option (and the rest included from GENERIC) *also* works wel

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-18 Thread Mark Martinec
much. Unfortunately this machine does not have a serial interface. So in my last attempt I rebuilt a kernel with INVARIANTS but without WITNESS - and now I cannot reproduce the problem, with or without a "safe mode". What is interesting here that now the da0..da3 disks are attached firs

Re: The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-17 Thread Mark Johnston
On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 01:01:16AM +0200, Mark Martinec wrote: > Upgrading 11.0-RELEASE-p11 to 11.1-RC3 using the usual freebsd-update > upgrade > method I ended up with a system which gets stuck while trying to attach > the second set of disks. This happened already after the first phase of > the

The 11.1-RC3 can only boot and attach disks in "Safe mode", otherwise gets stuck attaching

2017-07-17 Thread Mark Martinec
e if a boot loader option "Safe mode" is set. This way I successfully finished the upgrade procedure (installing world). Playing with loader options that the "Safe mode" turns on ( /boot/menu-commands.4th ) it seems that kern.smp.disabled=1 is the crucial option, although

Re: safe mode

2010-11-02 Thread Stephen Clark
On 11/01/2010 01:42 PM, John Baldwin wrote: On Monday, November 01, 2010 1:30:35 pm Stephen Clark wrote: On 11/01/2010 09:54 AM, John Baldwin wrote: On Monday, November 01, 2010 8:38:15 am Stephen Clark wrote: On 10/29/2010 05:20 PM, John Baldwin wrote: On Friday

Re: safe mode

2010-11-01 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2010-Oct-29 15:51:40 -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: >On 10/29/2010 01:40 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 01:12:29PM -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: >>> I am supporting over 700 units in the field that are acting as >>> firewall/router/vpn devices, >>> that are running 6.3. It wou

Re: safe mode

2010-11-01 Thread John Baldwin
On Monday, November 01, 2010 2:05:49 pm Stephen Clark wrote: > atapci0: port > 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa00 > atapci0: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xffa0 > ata0: on atapci0 > atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x1f0 > atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for

Re: safe mode

2010-11-01 Thread Stephen Clark
On 11/01/2010 01:42 PM, John Baldwin wrote: On Monday, November 01, 2010 1:30:35 pm Stephen Clark wrote: On 11/01/2010 09:54 AM, John Baldwin wrote: On Monday, November 01, 2010 8:38:15 am Stephen Clark wrote: On 10/29/2010 05:20 PM, John Baldwin wrote: On Friday

Re: safe mode

2010-11-01 Thread John Baldwin
On Monday, November 01, 2010 1:30:35 pm Stephen Clark wrote: > On 11/01/2010 09:54 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Monday, November 01, 2010 8:38:15 am Stephen Clark wrote: > > > >> On 10/29/2010 05:20 PM, John Baldwin wrote: > >> > >>> On Friday, October 29, 2010 4:20:24 pm Stephen Clark

Re: safe mode

2010-11-01 Thread Stephen Clark
On 11/01/2010 09:54 AM, John Baldwin wrote: On Monday, November 01, 2010 8:38:15 am Stephen Clark wrote: On 10/29/2010 05:20 PM, John Baldwin wrote: On Friday, October 29, 2010 4:20:24 pm Stephen Clark wrote: rr232x: RocketRAID 232x controller driver v1.02 (Jan 16 2008 04:16

Re: safe mode

2010-11-01 Thread John Baldwin
On Monday, November 01, 2010 8:38:15 am Stephen Clark wrote: > On 10/29/2010 05:20 PM, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Friday, October 29, 2010 4:20:24 pm Stephen Clark wrote: > > > >>> rr232x: RocketRAID 232x controller driver v1.02 (Jan 16 2008 04:16:21) > >>> hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driv

Re: safe mode

2010-11-01 Thread Stephen Clark
On 10/29/2010 05:20 PM, John Baldwin wrote: On Friday, October 29, 2010 4:20:24 pm Stephen Clark wrote: rr232x: RocketRAID 232x controller driver v1.02 (Jan 16 2008 04:16:21) hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Jan 16 2008 04:16:19) big snip lo0: bpf attached rr232

Re: safe mode

2010-10-29 Thread John Baldwin
On Friday, October 29, 2010 11:17:50 am Stephen Clark wrote: > Hello, > > I am having a problem getting 6.3 to boot on an intel atom mb. When it > gets to > where it should identify the drive it hangs. > > If I boot with no acpi it does the same thing. > > If I boot

Re: safe mode

2010-10-29 Thread John Baldwin
On Friday, October 29, 2010 4:20:24 pm Stephen Clark wrote: > > rr232x: RocketRAID 232x controller driver v1.02 (Jan 16 2008 04:16:21) > > hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Jan 16 2008 04:16:19) > > > big snip > > lo0: bpf attached > > rr232x: no controller detected. > > hptrr: no contr

Re: safe mode

2010-10-29 Thread Stephen Clark
. Oh, I think you answer this further down... If I boot with no acpi it does the same thing. If I boot with safe mode it comes up and identifies the drive but then starts spewing the following errors: ipfw2 initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding disabled, default to ad interrupt

Re: safe mode

2010-10-29 Thread Stephen Clark
answer this further down... If I boot with no acpi it does the same thing. If I boot with safe mode it comes up and identifies the drive but then starts spewing the following errors: ipfw2 initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding disabled, default to ad interrupt storm detected

Re: safe mode

2010-10-29 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
you answer this further down... > > > >>If I boot with no acpi it does the same thing. > >> > >>If I boot with safe mode it comes up and identifies the drive but then > >>starts spewing the following errors: > >>ipfw2 initialized, divert ena

Re: safe mode

2010-10-29 Thread Stephen Clark
instead? I mean, you *are* using an Intel Atom system, which contains significantly more advanced hardware than was available during the RELENG_6 days. Oh, I think you answer this further down... If I boot with no acpi it does the same thing. If I boot with safe mode it comes up and

Re: safe mode

2010-10-29 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
system, which contains significantly more advanced hardware than was available during the RELENG_6 days. Oh, I think you answer this further down... > If I boot with no acpi it does the same thing. > > If I boot with safe mode it comes up and identifies the drive but then > starts spe

safe mode

2010-10-29 Thread Stephen Clark
Hello, I am having a problem getting 6.3 to boot on an intel atom mb. When it gets to where it should identify the drive it hangs. If I boot with no acpi it does the same thing. If I boot with safe mode it comes up and identifies the drive but then starts spewing the following errors: ipfw2

Re: Difference btw installing 5.4 Release in Safe mode and Normal?

2005-08-28 Thread Chuck Swiger
Ivailo Bonev wrote: What is the difference between installing 5.4 Release in Safe mode and Normal installation? Tried installing Normal installation on laptop paniced, but with Safe mode is ok? Safe mode disables ACPI/APM, it disables APIC and SMP, it slows down the hard drives and so

Difference btw installing 5.4 Release in Safe mode and Normal?

2005-08-28 Thread Ivailo Bonev
What is the difference between installing 5.4 Release in Safe mode and Normal installation? Tried installing Normal installation on laptop paniced, but with Safe mode is ok? ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: 5.3R p1 only boots in safe mode

2004-11-25 Thread secmgr
On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 00:22, Scott Long wrote: > secmgr wrote: > > Can someone point me to what "safe mode" sets so I can debug whats > > broke? > > > > thanks > > jim > > > > It disables ACPI, APIC, ATA DMA, ATAPI DMA, ATA Write Cache, an

Re: 5.3R p1 only boots in safe mode

2004-11-24 Thread Scott Long
secmgr wrote: Can someone point me to what "safe mode" sets so I can debug whats broke? thanks jim It disables ACPI, APIC, ATA DMA, ATAPI DMA, ATA Write Cache, and EISA. Scott ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailma

5.3R p1 only boots in safe mode

2004-11-24 Thread secmgr
Can someone point me to what "safe mode" sets so I can debug whats broke? thanks jim ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"