The following reply was made to PR port-i386/37637; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andrew Doran <ad@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/37637: MP kernel hangs before starting init
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:59:07 +0000

 On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:40:00PM +0000, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
 
 > 	Booting a kernel doesn't reach init. It stops with the following
 > 	output from a serial console:
 > [..]     
 > crypto: driver 0 registers alg 11 flags 0 maxoplen 0
 > crypto: driver 0 registers alg 18 flags 0 maxoplen 0 
 > pad: requested 1 uni
 > 
 > 	Sending a break didn't break into ddb.
 > 	dmesg.boot.4_99_31	working MP kernel 4.99.31
 > 	dmesg.boot.4_99_45	broken MP kernel 4.99.45
 > 	dmesg.boot.non_mp	working non MP kernel 4.99.45
 >  
 > 	The 4.99.45 was updated 25-Dec-2007 around 14:00 UTC.
 > 	The 4.99.31 was from arouund 05-Oct-2007. 
 > 
 > 	Btw, the 4.99.45 MP kernel output is a little strange:
 > 		-com0: ns16550a, working fifo
 > 		+com: ns16550a, working fifo
 > 	Why is the 0 missing from the MP kernel output?
 
 Is this a LOCKDEBUG kernel? Can you please try adding some printf() calls
 to see where this is happening? It seems to be stalling while attaching
 pseudo drivers. Try sprinkling a few in after the call to configure() in
 init_main.c.
 
 Andrew