Re: install/41162: A20 gate legacy hook cause long pxeboot delay on Soekris net5501

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/41162; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/41162: A20 gate legacy hook cause long pxeboot delay
        on Soekris net5501
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:19:45 +0000

 On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:45:00PM +0000, lacombar%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
  > Trying to pxeboot a soekris box results in a long delay before the
  > prompt shows up (slightly more than 2min).
  > >How-To-Repeat:
  > PXE boot a soekris net5501 box.
  > >Fix:
  > quick fix: comment out gateA20() in pxeboot/main.c
 
 I'm pretty sure this has come up before and there's a workaround that
 can be copied from the other bootblocks. But that's just a dim memory
 from wading through gnats and I don't really know anything about it...
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost