Re: Lenovo T500 hang

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On 2016-06-01 10:54, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> Somewhere after 7.0_RC2, a problem started where the machine hangs
> right at the end of the kernel boot just before it prints the boot
> device:
>
> pad0: outputs: 44100Hz, 16-bit, stereo
> audio1 at pad0: half duplex, playback, capture
> *** HANGS HERE ***
> boot device: wd0
> root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
>
> The only thing to do is to power the machine off. This happens with
> all later kernels (including -current).
>
> I've not had chance to bisect the sources yet as I need to use the
> machine for real work (and running NetBSD 7 on it also makes it so hot
> it burns my legs).
>
> I think a few users (and developers) have Lenovo T500 laptops. Does
> any recent NetBSD work for them?

I have a T500 which is my main NetBSD dev machine.
I haven't updated the kernel in a month or so, but it's been running 
-current very well.
I don't recall if it ever ran anything earlier than a 7.0 release 
though.

Roy