usb/145184: GENERIC can't mount root from USB on Asus EEE

[Hans Petter Selasky]

The following reply was made to PR usb/145184; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net>
To: freebsd-usb at freebsd.org,
 Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org>
Cc: Eir Nym <eirnym at gmail.com>,
 freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org,
 thompsa at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: usb/145184: GENERIC can't mount root from USB on Asus EEE
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:25:26 +0200

 On Tuesday 30 March 2010 01:09:41 Eir Nym wrote:
 > >Number:         145184
 > >Category:       usb
 > >Synopsis:       GENERIC can't mount root from USB on Asus EEE
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    freebsd-usb
 > >State:          open
 > >Quarter:
 > >Keywords:
 > >Date-Required:
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 29 23:10:01 UTC 2010
 > >Closed-Date:
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Eir Nym
 > >Release:        SVN revision 205702
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > >Description:
 > 
 > Kernel doesn't see any USB disks (HDD and flash) on boot. After reinsert
 >  flash disk, kernel see device, but can't mount root from it (doesn't list
 >  it as possible boot GEOM). This problem is only on my EEE. desktop
 >  computer bootup well.
 > 
 > CURRENT about 15th may 2009 boot well from flash drive. But it's too old :)
 > 
 > dmesg.boot you can see at http://freebsd.eroese.org/dmesg.r205702
 > this kernel is based on generic, http://freebsd.eroese.org/FASTGENr205702
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 
 > Checkout code from SVN, build generic system, install it on flash disk,
 >  reboot from.
 > 
 
 This is a known issue.
 
 --HPS