[OmniOS-discuss] Installation Boot hangs after CPU/USB initialization - Intel Motherboard

[Dan McDonald]

> On May 3, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Eric Sproul <eric.sproul at circonus.com> wrote:
> 
>> p.s. What does this parameter actually do? Can't find any good info on this one from mr.google.

It disables the intel_nhmex driver from attaching, regardless of device detection.

I *thought* that nhm and nhmex were mutually exclusive.  That I saw both instantiate on your prtconf suggests that I'm wrong.

> https://illumos.org/issues/4281 seems relevant.  Odd that searching
> src.illumos.org for "nhmex" turns up only the package manifest.  Don't
> see any driver source.

4281 does seem like the problem.  And nhmex is indeed closed-source.  We never wrote an equivalent for Romley/Sandy-Bridge or later chips as well.

Sorry this was so difficult, but seeing 4281 does explain a lot.

Dan