Immediately after the loader finishes the screen clears, then nothing happens for about 16s until the debugger backends / copyright messages are emitted. kevans via markj reports that it is due to atkbd. I removed atkbdc, atkbd, and psm from the kernel config and the delay is indeed gone although I now have no working keyboard
POC which addresses this: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34367
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=84369dd52369cbae28970dca20a53d3de1719907 commit 84369dd52369cbae28970dca20a53d3de1719907 Author: Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-03-01 14:39:35 +0000 Commit: Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-03-01 14:39:35 +0000 x86: Probe the TSC frequency earlier This lets us use the TSC to implement early DELAY, limiting the use of the sometimes-unreliable 8254 PIT. PR: 262155 Reviewed by: emaste Tested by: emaste, mike tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, Stefan Hegnauer <stefan.hegnauer@gmx.ch> MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34367 sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c | 14 +++++- sys/i386/i386/machdep.c | 11 ++++- sys/x86/include/clock.h | 3 +- sys/x86/isa/clock.c | 4 +- sys/x86/x86/tsc.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 5 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
A commit in branch stable/13 references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=44eddec48e5fc09679ce12210e3a02dfeb14889c commit 44eddec48e5fc09679ce12210e3a02dfeb14889c Author: Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-03-01 14:39:35 +0000 Commit: Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-03-31 16:05:25 +0000 x86: Probe the TSC frequency earlier This lets us use the TSC to implement early DELAY, limiting the use of the sometimes-unreliable 8254 PIT. PR: 262155 Reviewed by: emaste Tested by: emaste, mike tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, Stefan Hegnauer <stefan.hegnauer@gmx.ch> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation (cherry picked from commit 84369dd52369cbae28970dca20a53d3de1719907) sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c | 14 +++++- sys/i386/i386/machdep.c | 11 ++++- sys/x86/include/clock.h | 3 +- sys/x86/isa/clock.c | 4 +- sys/x86/x86/tsc.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 5 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)