[Soekris] Fwd: OpenBSD 5.0 warm boot unreliable on a Soekris Net6501 using Transcend SSD

[Laurent Salle]

Hi,

I'm wondering if there's any chance that this problem is specific to the 
Transcend 16GB SSD.

Soekris Europe is selling Intel 40GB mSATA SSDs.See:

http://soekris.eu/shop/accessories/intel_minipcie_ssd_40gb_en.html

Could someone confirm that OpenBSD 5.0 or current is booting reliably on 
this SSDs ?



On 12/31/2011 12:51 PM, Laurent Salle wrote:
>
> See below my bug report to bugs at openbsd.org.
>
> I've moved part of the message to pastebin.com to conform to the 40kB
> limit on soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com emails.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: OpenBSD 5.0 warm boot unreliable on a Soekris Net6501 using
> Transcend SSD
> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:44:39 +0100 (CET)
> From: lsalle at aventin.com
> Reply-To: lsalle at aventin.com
> To: bugs at openbsd.org
> CC: lsalle at aventin.com
>
>> Synopsis:	OpenBSD 5.0 warm boot may stop with "root device:" prompt on a Soekris Net6501 system using Transcend SSD
>> Category:	system
>> Environment:
> 	System      : OpenBSD 5.0
> 	Details     : OpenBSD 5.0-current (GENERIC) #118: Tue Dec 20 11:09:21
> MST 2011
> 			 deraadt at i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
>
> 	Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
> 	Machine     : i386
>> Description:
>
> Following a "sudo reboot" command, the system boot may stop displaying the
> prompt "root device:" accepting the options: exit, em0, em1, em2, em3.
>
> The problem have been reproduced on three systems, one 6501-50 and two
> 6501-70 all
> equipped with a mSATA Transcend 16GB SSD.
>
> On all three machines the BIOS has been updated to the latest 1.41a version.
>
>> How-To-Repeat:
>
> Modify a fresh install of OpenBSD to reboot every few minutes:
>
> --
> $ cat /etc/rc.local
> echo Wait a few minutes and reboot
> /usr/local/bin/wait_reboot.sh&
> $ cat /usr/local/bin/wait_reboot.sh
> #!/bin/sh
> sleep 120
> reboot
> $
> --
>
> Eventually in less than a few hours, the boot sequence is stopped.
>
> See at the end of this e-mail, starting at ">Serial console capture:", a
> capture of the
> serical console output.
>
>> Fix:
>
> A power cycle may allow the system to boot again.
>
>
> See: http://pastebin.com/D6PxB62p
>
>
>> Serial console capture:
>
> See: http://pastebin.com/6V999cxE
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