Long delay on boot

[minou666]

I have created a stage3 for the Beaglebone AI and I have an issue with the boot.

I have created a minimal boot with ubuntu 18.04 and do not have that issue with it.

It looks like it is taking around 2 minutes for random to be done.

I haven't tried with the Beagleboard X15 with this kernel. I use kernel 4.9 on the Beagleboard X15 with no such issue.

Both boards use the same processor (Texas Instruments AM5729)

 

I use the same kernel and u-boot with both

suzie ~ # uname -r
4.14.108-ti-r114
 

U-Boot 2019.07-rc4 (Aug 25 2019 - 17:53:15 -0400)

CPU  : DRA752-GP ES2.0
Model: BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone AI
Board: BeagleBone AI REV A
DRAM:  1 GiB
MMC:   OMAP SD/MMC: 0, OMAP SD/MMC: 1
CTRL_CORE_PAD_I2C1_SDA:    0x00060000
CTRL_CORE_PAD_I2C1_SCL:    0x00060000
CTRL_CORE_PAD_GPMC_A0:     0x00060007
CTRL_CORE_PAD_GPMC_A1:     0x00060007
CTRL_CORE_PAD_VIN2A_D4:    0x0005000f
CTRL_CORE_PAD_VIN2A_D5:    0x0005000f
CM_L4PER_GPIO7_CLKCTRL:    0x00000001
CM_L4PER_I2C1_CLKCTRL:     0x00000002
CM_L4PER_I2C4_CLKCTRL:     0x00000002
CM_L4PER_L4_PER1_CLKCTRL   0x00000001
PM_L4PER_I2C1_WKDEP        0x0000b000
RM_L4PER_I2C1_CONTEXT      0x00000002
PM_L4PER_I2C4_WKDEP        0x0000b000
RM_L4PER_I2C4_CONTEXT      0x00000001
BeagleBone: cape eeprom: i2c_probe: 0x54
Checking (ret 1 bus works) I2C1 bus. ret 1
Checking (ret 1 bus works) I2C4 bus. ret 1
BeagleBone: cape eeprom: i2c_probe: 0x55
Checking (ret 1 bus works) I2C1 bus. ret 1
Checking (ret 1 bus works) I2C4 bus. ret 1
BeagleBone: cape eeprom: i2c_probe: 0x56
Checking (ret 1 bus works) I2C1 bus. ret 1
Checking (ret 1 bus works) I2C4 bus. ret 1
BeagleBone: cape eeprom: i2c_probe: 0x57
Checking (ret 1 bus works) I2C1 bus. ret 1
Checking (ret 1 bus works) I2C4 bus. ret 1
Net:
Warning: ethernet@48484000 using MAC address from ROM
eth0: ethernet@48484000
Press SPACE to abort autoboot in 1 seconds
usb_boot is currently disabled
scsi_boot is currently disabled
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device

Partition Map for MMC device 0  --   Partition Type: DOS

Part    Start Sector    Num Sectors     UUID            Type
  1     8192            124727296       44a48d0d-01     83 Boot
Scanning mmc device 0
Checking for: /uEnv.txt ...
Checking for: /boot/uEnv.txt ...
25 bytes read in 1 ms (24.4 KiB/s)
Loaded environment from /boot/uEnv.txt
Checking if uname_r is set in /boot/uEnv.txt ...
debug: [uname_r=4.14.108-ti-r114] ...
loading /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.108-ti-r114 ...
10002944 bytes read in 864 ms (11 MiB/s)
loading /boot/am5729-beagleboneai.dtb ...
150516 bytes read in 15 ms (9.6 MiB/s)
uboot_overlays: add [enable_uboot_overlays=1] to /boot/uEnv.txt to enable...
debug: [console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 ro rootfstype=ext4 rootwait] ...
debug: [bootz 0x82000000 - 0x88000000] ...
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 88000000
   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x88000000
   Loading Device Tree to 8ffd8000, end 8ffffbf3 ... OK

Starting kernel ...

[    0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[    0.000000] Linux version 4.14.108-ti-r114 (michel@localhost) (gcc version 7.4.1 20181213 [linaro-7.4-2019.02 revision 56ec6f6b99cc167ff0c2f8e1a2eed33b1edc85d4] (Linaro GCC 7.4-2019.02)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 22 23:32:18 EDT 2019
[    0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [412fc0f2] revision 2 (ARMv7), cr=10c5387d
[    0.000000] CPU: div instructions available: patching division code
[    0.000000] CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, PIPT instruction cache
[    0.000000] OF: fdt: Machine model: BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone AI
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[   11.018419] net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.15 (0)
[   11.096047] Atheros 8035 ethernet 48485000.mdio:04: attached PHY driver [Atheros 8035 ethernet] (mii_bus:phy_addr=48485000.mdio:04, irq=POLL)
[   11.102544] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   11.133694] random: dhcpcd: uninitialized urandom read (120 bytes read)
[   13.159739] cpsw 48484000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[   13.159782] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[  167.992534] random: crng init done
 

[minou666]

I found the solution in a gentoo discussion

# emerge sys-apps/rng-tools
# rc-update add rngd default

[   11.353675] udevd[667]: starting version 3.2.8
[   11.398055] random: udevd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[   11.400429] random: udevd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[   11.400590] random: udevd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[   11.438452] udevd[667]: starting eudev-3.2.8
[   15.731347] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[   16.219868] urandom_read: 2 callbacks suppressed
[   16.219879] random: ln: uninitialized urandom read (6 bytes read)
[   17.513190] random: mktemp: uninitialized urandom read (10 bytes read)
[   21.147488] random: dd: uninitialized urandom read (512 bytes read)
[   22.085539] net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.15 (0)
[   22.168397] Atheros 8035 ethernet 48485000.mdio:04: attached PHY driver [Atheros 8035 ethernet] (mii_bus:phy_addr=48485000.mdio:04, irq=POLL)
[   22.178415] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   22.249628] random: dhcpcd: uninitialized urandom read (120 bytes read)
[   22.562686] random: crng init done
[   24.231767] cpsw 48484000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[   24.231842] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 

I will document details when I publish my stage3 for The beaglebone AI and Beagleboard A15.

I will eventually have one for the Beaglebone Black and Blue as well as the Odroid N2 and H2, and Jetson Nano

 

Michel

 

[bcowan]

Yes, sys-apps/rng-tools or sys-apps/haveged are almost necessities anymore for enough entropy on any system. Without, that delay will result, I'm surprised more users don't complain or report about it.