[OmniOS-discuss] Installation Boot hangs after CPU/USB initialization - Intel Motherboard

[Christian Kivalo]

On 2016-03-09 11:00, Svavar Örn Eysteinsson wrote:
> Hi Dan.
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I disabled all the C-states and it's the same story.
> 
> If I boot from the SATA CD-ROM installation it hangs on boot right 
> after :
> 
> cpu7: Intel(r) Xeon(r) CPU	E5520 @ 2.27Ghz
> cpu6: Intel(r) Xeon(r) CPU	E5520 @ 2.27Ghz
> cpu7: initialization complete - online
> cpu6: initialization complete - online
> 
> See here :
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_cstates_disabled_boot.JPG
> 
> If I boot from USB stick, with USB 2.0 enabled and or disabled the
> last message is always releated to usb stuff
> right after cpu6: initialization complete - online.
> 
> 
> So my BIOS configuration right now is :
> 
> Intel QPI Frequency Select [Auto Max]
> Intel Turbo Boots Technology [Enabled]
> Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech [Enabled]
> Processor C3 [Disabled]
> Processor C6 [Disabled]
> Intel Hyper-Threading Tech [Disabled]
> Core Multi-Processing [All]
> Execute Disable Bit [Disabled]
> Intel Virtualization Technology [Disasbled]
> Intel VT for Directed I/O [Disabled]
> 
> and some more.
> 
> My Bios Configuration can been seen here :
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios1.JPG
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios2.JPG
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios3.JPG
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16134/omnios_intel_bios4.JPG
> 
Maybe something for you there was a thread here some months ago...
It starts here 
https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss%40lists.omniti.com/msg03194.html

and some messages into the the thread X2APIC is mentioned
https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss%40lists.omniti.com/msg03200.html

https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss%40lists.omniti.com/msg03201.html

and a link a blogpost by jeff sipek
http://blahg.josefsipek.net/?p=488


> Best regards,
> 
> Svavar O
> 
> 
> 
>> On 8. mar. 2016, at 15:13, Dan McDonald <danmcd at omniti.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 8, 2016, at 6:17 AM, Svavar Örn Eysteinsson 
>>> <svavar at pipar-tbwa.is> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Should I disable other CPU ? Should a enable C2, C3 state in BIOS or 
>>> is that not relevant?
>> 
>> Disable C-states, that's general illumos advice (regardless of 
>> distro).
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
> 
> 
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  Christian Kivalo