Folks,

I am trying to run amd64 netbsd-current kernel as a
guest VM under VMWare ESX 3.0.1. The kernel comes up
fine but there is 2-3 minute delay (see below) between
the time the kernel is loaded by the boot loader and
before the first netbsd copyright messages are
displayed. 

Any thoughts on why this could be happening? I have
attached the output from dmesg. 

Thanks,
Anil

booting hd0a:netbsd - starting in 0
8294616+425120+387856 [577008+376558 ]=0xa99ad0

>>>  2-3 minute delay before the messages come up.

Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
    2006, 2007
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All
rights reserved.

NetBSD 4.99.20 (GENERIC) #0: Sun May 27 19:05:18 PDT
2007
       
builds@wb28:/home/builds/ab/HEAD/amd64/200705270002Z-obj/home/builds/ab/HEAD/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC
total memory = 1043 MB
avail memory = 993 MB
timecounter: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
timecounter: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
quality 100
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0 apid 0: (boot processor)
cpu0:                   Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz,
2992.74 MHz
cpu0: features:
2ffbfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features:
2ffbfbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,B20,DS,ACPI,MMX>
cpu0: features: 2ffbfbff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM>
cpu0: features2: 2011<SSE3,DS-CPL>
cpu0: L2 cache 2 MB 64B/line 8-way
cpu0: calibrating local timer
cpu0: apic clock running at 65 MHz
cpu0: 64 page colors
ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 1
ioapic0: pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins
acpi0 at mainbus0: Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface
acpi0: using Intel ACPI CA subsystem version 20060217
acpi0: X/RSDT: OemId <PTLTD ,  RSDT  ,06040000>, AslId
< LTP,00000000>
acpi0: SCI interrupting at int 9
acpi0: fixed-feature power button present
timecounter: Timecounter "ACPI-Safe" frequency 3579545
Hz quality 900
ACPI-Safe 24-bit timer
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not
configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not
configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not
configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0A03 [PCI/PCI-X Host Bridge] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0C02 [Plug and Play motherboard register resources]
at acpi0 not configured
PNP0200 [AT DMA Controller] at acpi0 not configured
PNP0001 [EISA Interrupt Controller] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0100 [AT Timer] at acpi0 not configured
PNP0B00 [AT Real-Time Clock] at acpi0 not configured
PNP0800 [AT-style speaker sound] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0303 [IBM Enhanced (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse
support)] at acpi0 not configured
PNP0F13 [PS/2 Port for PS/2-style Mice] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0C0F [PCI interrupt link device] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0C0F [PCI interrupt link device] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0C0F [PCI interrupt link device] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0C0F [PCI interrupt link device] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0A05 [Generic Container Device] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0400 [Standard LPT printer port] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0501 [16550A-compatible COM port] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0501 [16550A-compatible COM port] at acpi0 not
configured
PNP0700 [PC standard floppy disk controller] at acpi0
not configured
ACPI0003 [AC Device] at acpi0 not configured
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line,
rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: Intel 82443BX Host Bridge/Controller (rev.
0x01)
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Intel 82443BX AGP
Interface (rev. 0x01)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
pcib0: Intel 82371AB (PIIX4) PCI-ISA Bridge (rev.
0x08)
piixide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1
piixide0: Intel 82371AB IDE controller (PIIX4) (rev.
0x01) 
piixide0: bus-master DMA support present
piixide0: primary channel configured to compatibility
mode
piixide0: primary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin
14 (irq 14)
atabus0 at piixide0 channel 0
piixide0: secondary channel configured to
compatibility mode
piixide0: secondary channel ignored (disabled)
Intel 82371AB (PIIX4) Power Management Controller
(miscellaneous bridge, revision 0x08) at pci0 dev 7
function 3 not configured
vga0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0: VMware Virtual SVGA II
(rev. 0x00)
wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100
emulation)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
direct rendering for vga0 unsupported
mpt0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: LSI Logic 53c1030
Ultra320 SCSI
mpt0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17 (irq 9)
scsibus0 at mpt0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
wm0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0: Intel i82545EM
1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 1
wm0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 18 (irq 11)
wm0: 32-bit 66MHz PCI bus
wm0: 256 word (8 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
wm0: Ethernet address 00:0c:29:36:48:ec
makphy0 at wm0 phy 1: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY,
rev. 3
makphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX,
100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
wm1 at pci0 dev 18 function 0: Intel i82545EM
1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 1
wm1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 19 (irq 10)
wm1: 32-bit 66MHz PCI bus
wm1: 256 word (8 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
wm1: Ethernet address 00:0c:29:36:48:f6
makphy1 at wm1 phy 1: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY,
rev. 3
makphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX,
100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
wm2 at pci0 dev 19 function 0: Intel i82545EM
1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 1
wm2: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16 (irq 15)
wm2: 32-bit 66MHz PCI bus
wm2: 256 word (8 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
wm2: Ethernet address 00:0c:29:36:48:00
makphy2 at wm2 phy 1: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY,
rev. 3
makphy2: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX,
100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
wm3 at pci0 dev 20 function 0: Intel i82545EM
1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 1
wm3: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17 (irq 9)
wm3: 32-bit 66MHz PCI bus
wm3: 256 word (8 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
wm3: Ethernet address 00:0c:29:36:48:0a
makphy3 at wm3 phy 1: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY,
rev. 3
makphy3: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX,
100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
isa0 at pcib0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working
fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working
fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
attimer0 at isa0 port 0x40-0x43: AT Timer
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: PC speaker (CPU-intensive output)
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
pcppi0: attached to attimer0
timecounter: Timecounter "clockinterrupt" frequency
100 Hz quality 0
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
atapibus0 at atabus0: 2 targets
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <VMware Virtual IDE CDROM
Drive, 0000000000000000000, 0000000> cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA
mode 2 (Ultra/33)
cd0(piixide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
(Ultra/33) (using DMA)
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <VMware, Virtual disk,
1.0> disk fixed
sd0: fabricating a geometry
sd0: 12288 MB, 12288 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512
bytes/sect x 25165824 sectors
sd0: sync (6.25ns offset 127), 16-bit (320.000MB/s)
transfers, tagged queueing
sd0: fabricating a geometry
boot device: sd0
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
root file system type: ffs

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