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

[Svavar Örn Eysteinsson]

did we dig up some ancient, or forgotten demon? :)
Thank you all for the support, really. I can see the light now. 

Best regards,
Svavar - Reykjavik, Iceland


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> On 3. maí 2016, at 17:34, Dan McDonald <danmcd at omniti.com> wrote:
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>>> On May 3, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Eric Sproul <eric.sproul at circonus.com> wrote:
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>>> p.s. What does this parameter actually do? Can't find any good info on this one from mr.google.
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> It disables the intel_nhmex driver from attaching, regardless of device detection.
> 
> I *thought* that nhm and nhmex were mutually exclusive.  That I saw both instantiate on your prtconf suggests that I'm wrong.
> 
>> https://illumos.org/issues/4281 seems relevant.  Odd that searching
>> src.illumos.org for "nhmex" turns up only the package manifest.  Don't
>> see any driver source.
> 
> 4281 does seem like the problem.  And nhmex is indeed closed-source.  We never wrote an equivalent for Romley/Sandy-Bridge or later chips as well.
> 
> Sorry this was so difficult, but seeing 4281 does explain a lot.
> 
> Dan
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