Re: reboot hesitation on Pi3 running -current

On Nov 28, 2023, at 07:10, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:

> A Pi3 running -current has taken to pausing during a shutdown -r in a strange way:
> It gets to: 
> 
> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 5 second more detailed help.
> 
> It then stops at the OK prompt:
> 
> OK boot <---typing boot fails:
> 
> unknown command <---this looks strange, the kernel should already be loaded

A possibility here is garbage control characters, say before
the "boot". YOu might want to type just <return> to the first OK
prompt and see if you ever still get "unknown command" once you
do type just "boot" (and <return>).

The fact that the countdown stopped at 5 (or other early value)
suggests such extra text at that point.

> OK boot kernel <---specifying kernel makes something happy 
> Loading kernel...
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x2a8 text=0x95edb0 text=0x2a875c data=0x15acc8 data=0x0+0x37a000 syms=[0x8+0x158f88+0x8+0x182eee]
> 
> The boot then proceeds as usual.
> 
> No idea if this is significant, but it is somewhat odd.



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Mark Millard
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