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Description of problem:
Bootup stops for tens of seconds after udev timeouts.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
udev-147-2.6.el6.x86_64


How reproducible:
Install RHEL 6.0 Beta with software raid:

Personalities : [raid1]
md5 : active raid1 sda5[0] sdb5[1]
      967846780 blocks super 1.1 [2/2] [UU]
      [=>...................]  resync =  7.2% (70071552/967846780) finish=11580.1min speed=1291K/sec
      bitmap: 8/8 pages [32KB], 65536KB chunk

md3 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
      4194296 blocks super 1.1 [2/2] [UU]
      bitmap: 0/1 pages [0KB], 65536KB chunk

md2 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1]
      4194296 blocks super 1.1 [2/2] [UU]

md1 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1]
      524276 blocks super 1.0 [2/2] [UU]

unused devices: <none>


Actual results:
Bootup is slow/delayed.


Expected results:
Bootup should be immediate.

Created attachment 409613 [details]
My kickstart file for this install

This file was used to install my testing RHEL 6.0 beta server.

Created attachment 409614 [details]
Bootup log file

You can see error from udev initscript in this log file.

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.

most probable an mdadm udev rules issue..

Beta1 included mdadm-3.1.1-0.gcd9a8b5.5.el6.  This is a known issue with that version of mdadm that was fixed in mdadm-3.1.2.  Current snapshots include mdadm-3.1.2-10.el6 and are known to resolve this issue.

*** Bug 595095 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

I can confirm that I haven't observed this issue re-occurring with beta 2.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.