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From:: "Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org>
Subject:: Re: Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel
To:: Mike Larkin <mlarkin@nested.page>
Cc:: Brent Cook <busterb@gmail.com>, Thomas de Grivel <thodg@kmx.io>, Alexander Bluhm <bluhm@openbsd.org>, OpenBSD technical list <tech@openbsd.org>
Date:: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:53:51 -0600

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2026-03-26 16:20 Brent Cook:
Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel
- 2026-03-27 15:53 Mike Larkin:
  Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel
- - 2026-03-27 16:53 Theo de Raadt:
    Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel
  - - 2026-03-27 18:48 Mike Larkin:
      Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel
  - 2026-03-30 01:04 Brent Cook:
    Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel

I'm pretty sure this is an i386 boot-time bug because I think we've seen this on
physical hardware.  It would be great if people who reproduce this in vm's
can find the bug..

2026-03-26 16:20 Brent Cook:
Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel
- 2026-03-27 15:53 Mike Larkin:
  Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel
- - 2026-03-27 16:53 Theo de Raadt:
    Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel
  - - 2026-03-27 18:48 Mike Larkin:
      Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel
  - 2026-03-30 01:04 Brent Cook:
    Sysupgrade on i386 vmm to current snapshot hangs on boot into upgrade kernel