2.4.4 fails upgrade and fresh installation

jbhowlesr · Mar 17, 2019, 1:04 PM

To make sure I’m following you

Open >> "/boot/loader.conf.local” using the pfsense file editor”

And add echo "hint.sdhci_pci.1.disabled="1"" to the bottom of the file.

Save then restart the system.

Gertjan · Mar 17, 2019, 1:52 PM

echo "hint.sdhci_pci.1.disabled=\"1\"" >> /boot/loader.conf.local

is the same thing as opening the file /boot/loader.conf.local and adding
hint.sdhci_pci.1.disabled="1"
in it.

jbhowlesr · Mar 17, 2019, 2:13 PM

@gertjan

I’m in the file system now. A file called loader.conf.local does not exist. However, a file called loader.conf exists and I made a copy of it and renamed to loader.conf.local and edited that file with the line above.

EDIT: just tried this and it didn’t work. Obviously I’m missing something?

Rico · Mar 17, 2019, 2:52 PM

Just login via SSH and type or copy/paste
echo "hint.sdhci_pci.1.disabled=\"1\"" >> /boot/loader.conf.local
reboot and thats it.

-Rico

stephenw10 · Mar 17, 2019, 5:39 PM

The file: /boot/loader.conf.local should contain only the line:
hint.sdhci_pci.1.disabled=1

You might add more stuff to it later but since you had to just create it it shouldn't right now.

Steve

jbhowlesr · Mar 17, 2019, 9:34 PM

@stephenw10

Thank you much. I did this and it worked like a champ. It’s now booting automatically without needing interaction.

jbhowlesr · Mar 18, 2019, 11:06 AM

@stephenw10 @Rico If I may ask, what is STHC I and why is it now becoming a problem

stephenw10 · Mar 18, 2019, 12:05 PM

SDHCI is the FreeBSD driver for the SD card bus. For whatever reason it is not playing nicely with the hardware on your board (and a number of other boards). As jimp referred to above the upgrade to FreeBSD 11.2 brought some changes to that driver including the ability to use a different mode which seems incompatible here. If you really needed that you might be able to force it to use the lesser mode but that's not something I've ever tried.

https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sdhci&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+11.2-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html

Steve

jbhowlesr · Mar 18, 2019, 12:37 PM

@stephenw10
I appreciate the response. It’s funny that an issue is occurring with a feature my board lacks. It’s all good though. Perhaps it’s the lack of this hardware that’s causing the issue.

Are there any plans to address this concern going forward or at least build in so form of acception handling?

stephenw10 · Mar 18, 2019, 2:54 PM

As far as I know it's a FreeBSD issue, it may have been fixed already in 12. It could also be the BIOS reporting incorrectly to FreeBSD. Manufacturers love to test in Windows only and then ship!
It would be tough for us to disable anything there by default as some systems boot from SD card. It's a relative minority of boards that are affected.

Steve