Re: hint.uart.1 in device.hints causes freeze at boot

Marcel Moolenaar <[email protected]> Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:49:24 -0800

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile,gmane.os.freebsd.current,gmane.os.freebsd.embedded
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

> On Feb 26, 2016, at 7:48 AM, Lundberg, Johannes <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Not sure if it's ok to cross post but I wasn't sure which list to send to.
> 
> On Intel Atom X5-Z8300 SoC (CherryTrail) the install memstick image (amd64)
> halts during boot because of uart.1 settings in device hints.

I have found that FreeBSD’s default device.hints file has fallen
behind on reality and is indeed causing problems on more modern
H/W, like the H/W you mention.

> 
> I'm sure it is there for a reason so what is the alternative actions? Is
> the solution to get a bootable Atom SoC image to create yet another
> distribution or can the installer choose the proper device.hints
> dynamically during boot?

FreeBSD should really get rid of any default hints by now; or at least
limit the hints to what is absolutely certain to be needed or to be
correct.

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Marcel Moolenaar
[email protected]

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