Re: [Astlinux-devel] Boot Occasionally Freezing While Probing PS/2 Ports

[Michael K. <li...@mk...>]

> Am 11.01.2018 um 04:25 schrieb Josh Alberts <jm...@ho...>:
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> I made a custom build for an HP t5700 thinclient with a Transmeta Crusoe processor.  I got that figured out (thanks again, Michael!) but occasionally the machine gets hung up on booting, and this is the last thing on the screen:
> 
> i8042: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. 
> 
> This thinclient has no PS/2 ports, so I figured I could just go ahead and try to remove PS/2 support to solve this issue.  I commented out all of the lines under "Hardware I/O ports" in the following files that seemed relevant for my geni586 build:
> 
> project/runnix-iso/geni586/linux.config
> project/runnix/geni586/linux.config
> project/astlinux/geni586/linux-smp.config
> 
> Then, I went ahead and rm -rf'd my output folder and ran scripts/build geni586.  Is this the proper method to remove PS/2 support?  Moreover, should this approach solve my problem?  Since it's an intermittent issue, it would be great to get some outside input rather than convincing myself after a few successful reboots that I've solved the problem.  Thanks!
> 
> Josh

Hi Josh,

I don't think that has something to do with the PS/2 ports. 
I looked at dmesg on my old Soekris net5501 (also no PS/2 ports): the same message as yours occurs, but then directly after it the CF card is loaded:

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[    0.448889] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-sddr55
[    0.449653] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-usbat
[    0.451065] i8042: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
[    0.479585] ata1.00: CFA: SanDisk SDCFH-1024, HDX 4.09, max MWDMA2
[    0.480841] ata1.00: 2001888 sectors, multi 0: LBA
[    0.481907] ata1.00: configured for PIO4
[    0.493398] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      SanDisk SDCFH-10 4.09 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
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Maybe your storage medium has temporary issues …

Michael

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