Re: sysctl on Pinebook never finishes

[Andy Ruhl <acruhl%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 7:21 AM John Klos <john%ziaspace.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know why sysctl -a never completes on a Pinebook (not Pro -
> first gen) running -current from today?
>
> sysctl -a
> ...
> hw.drm2.radeon_no_wb = 0
> hw.pwmbacklight0.levels = 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 55 70 85 100
> hw.pwmbacklight0.level = 10
> ...

Does it loop or something?

>
> SIGINFO shows:
> [ 124.5394678] load: 0.62  cmd: sysctl 1973 [sun8isy] 0.09u 0.05s 0% 1876k
>
> I see sun8isy has to do with sun8i_crypto, so I wondered if this was a
> lack of entropy issue. After adding entropy, the kernel emitted:
>
> [ 46451.878690] sun8icrypto0: no free channels
>
> Then, sysctl -a works. PR?

I might be able to verify if needed, I have one of those pinebooks.

Andy