Re: Slow Boot

Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote:
> What does pciconf -vl show on the affected machine(s)?

chip0_at_pci0:0:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x12378086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
     vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
     device   = '82440/1FX 440FX (Natoma) System Controller'
     class    = bridge
     subclass = HOST-PCI
isab0_at_pci0:1:0:	class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x70008086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
     vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
     device   = '82371SB PIIX3 PCI-to-ISA Bridge (Triton II)'
     class    = bridge
     subclass = PCI-ISA
atapci0_at_pci0:1:1:	class=0x010180 card=0x00000000 chip=0x70108086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
     vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
     device   = '82371SB PIIX3 IDE Interface (Triton II)'
     class    = mass storage
     subclass = ATA
none0_at_pci0:1:2:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x00000000 chip=0x70208086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
     vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
     device   = '82371SB PIIX3 USB Host Controller (Triton II)'
     class    = serial bus
     subclass = USB
xl0_at_pci0:10:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x100010b7 chip=0x920010b7 rev=0x74 hdr=0x00
     vendor   = '3COM Corp, Networking Division'
     device   = '3C905C-TX Fast EtherLink for PC Management NIC'
     class    = network
     subclass = ethernet
rl0_at_pci0:11:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x813910ec chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
     vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
     device   = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/8130) Fast Ethernet Adapter'
     class    = network
     subclass = ethernet
none1_at_pci0:12:0:	class=0x030000 card=0x47501002 chip=0x47501002 rev=0x5c hdr=0x00
     vendor   = 'ATI Technologies'
     device   = 'Rage 3D Pro PCI Graphics Accelerator'
     class    = display
     subclass = VGA
e fu

>>Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
>>Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/    >
> 
> 
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
> 
>>Mike Atamas wrote:
>>
>>>When my system boots it seems to stall when it gets here:
>>>
>>>xa807,0xa400-0xa403,0xa000-0xa007 mem 0xe1000000-0xe10001ff irq 11 at device 11.
>>>0 on pci1
>>>ata2: at 0xe1000000 on atapci0
>>>ata3: at 0xe1000000 on atapci0
>>>
>>>It stalls for about 20-30 seconds and then continues booting. I can not figure out
>>>what the problem is or how to solve it. Has anyone had similar issues.
>>
>>I've seen this on various hardware.  I actually have a 200mhz machine sitting here
>>that has always done this.  I've never seen it cause any problems, and I've never
>>had any suggestions on how to stop it either.
>>
>>My best guess is that the chipset responds slowly to probes, thus it takes a while
>>to get the list of devices from it.  However, I've never looked into it any more
>>than that.
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com