Bug 32014

Summary: [boot] ppi locks up system during boot
Product: Base System Reporter: Bill Sheets <bills>
Component: i386Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Bill Sheets 2001-11-15 20:20:01 UTC 
Something seems to have changed in ppi - or PLIP between 4.1 and 4.4, 
and the 4.4 version will not run on my system.  The 4.4 install floppies or CD will fail when starting PLIP.  It is possible to boot off the 4.1 CD, and then install 4.4 off the 4.4 CD, but the system will lock up when starting ppi0.

How-To-Repeat: Boot off 4.4 install floppies or install CD.  It happens EVERY time.
Comment 1 chern freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-11-28 22:49:45 UTC 
When booting off the CD, try selecting the Visual Kernel Configuration
menu option when prompted (this is the first question asked).

Disable conflicts by deleting the devices with CONF, and try deleting
ppbus and ppi.  I'm not sure if both of them will be listed.

With these device gone, see if it will let you get into sysinstall.

This will disable your Parallel port though.

- chern
Comment 2 chern freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-03-25 10:24:05 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->suspended

Originator has lost concern over the issue.
Comment 3 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2005-04-08 04:47:46 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: suspended->closed

This PR was last worked on in 2002 and even at that time the submitter 
had lost interest in the issue.  There have been so many changes to 
all the code over that time that surely this PR is now obsolete. 

Noticed by:	Matteo Riondato <rionda at gufi dot org>