On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:27:26 +0200, Paul Schmehl
<pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> Ever since I upgraded this workstation to 7.0 STABLE, I have been unable
> to reboot with my USB hard drive attached. During the boot sequence,
> the device is properly detected and identified, but then I get an error
> message, a crash dump and a reboot. I enabled /var/log/console.log in
> the hope that I would catch the error message, but it doesn't appear in
> the log. I also don't have any kernel dumps, so I can't trace
those to
> see what the problem might be.
>
> An additional problem that I have is that, during boot, the system says
> there is no dump device available. This is despite the fact that swap
> is twice the real memory size and /etc/defaults/rc.conf defines dumpdev
> as auto. I even tried defining dumpdev as the swap partition (in
> /etc/rc.conf), but nothing changed.
>
> I have to be doing something wrong, but I'm at a loss to know what it
> is. I've rebuilt world and kernel nine times now, in the desparate
hope
> that something might have changed in the usb code that would solve this
> problem. (Every time "#find /usr/src -newer /boot/kernel"
returns
> changes in the usb code, I rebuild kernel and world.)
>
> Is there something I can enable that will capture the boot sequence
> during a failed boot while devices are still being detected?
>
> # grep -i umass /var/log/console.log
>
>
> Any helpful hints would be gratefully appreciated.
>
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD utd65257.utdallas.edu 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #8: Mon Jul
> 7 10:41:03 CDT 2008
> root@utd65257.utdallas.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>
> # sysctl -a | grep hw.physmem
> hw.physmem: 3474407424
>
> # dmesg | grep -i umass
> umass0: <Maxtor Corporation Maxtor 3200, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.01, addr
> 2> on uhub5
> da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
>
> # grep swap /etc/fstab
> /dev/ad8s1b none swap sw 0 0
>
> # swapctl -l
> Device: 1024-blocks Used:
> /dev/ad8s1b 8388608 0
>
> # grep -i usb /var/run/dmesg.boot
> uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xff20-0xff3f irq 16 at
> device 26.0 on pci0
> usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0
> usb0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on
usb0
> uhci1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xff00-0xff1f irq 17 at
> device 26.1 on pci0
> usb1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci1
> usb1: USB revision 1.0
> uhub1: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on
usb1
> ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfebd9c00-0xfebd9fff
irq
> 22 at device 26.7 on pci0
> usb2: waiting for BIOS to give up control
> usb2: EHCI version 1.0
> usb2: wrong number of companions (3 != 2)
> usb2: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1
> usb2: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
> usb2: USB revision 2.0
> uhub2: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on
usb2
> ums0: <Logitech Optical USB Mouse, class 0/0, rev 2.00/3.40, addr 4>
on
> uhub3
> uhci2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xff80-0xff9f irq 23 at
> device 29.0 on pci0
> usb3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci2
> usb3: USB revision 1.0
> uhub4: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on
usb3
> uhci3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xff60-0xff7f irq 17 at
> device 29.1 on pci0
> usb4: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci3
> usb4: USB revision 1.0
> uhub5: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on
usb4
> uhci4: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xff40-0xff5f irq 18 at
> device 29.2 on pci0
> usb5: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci4
> usb5: USB revision 1.0
> uhub6: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on
usb5
> ehci1: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xff980800-0xff980bff
irq
> 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
> usb6: waiting for BIOS to give up control
> usb6: timed out waiting for BIOS
> usb6: EHCI version 1.0
> usb6: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb3 usb4 usb5
> usb6: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci1
> usb6: USB revision 2.0
> uhub7: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on
usb6
>
It might be something else, but I had usb problems in 6-STABLE until I
disabled usb support in the bios. FreeBSD still detects the usb hardware.
In my case there was some sort of conflict between the usb detection of
the bios and the detection FreeBSD.
The symptoms where very weird, because it also depended on the connected
usb devices on time of boot. Connecting theme after booting did work.
Ronald.