Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:25:50 +0000 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 277830b4d3ae - main - EC2: Don't use unicode in boot loader Message-ID: <69b480de.43b82.e1c0e5d@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=277830b4d3ae9999c80bf915b5491850e91c6516 commit 277830b4d3ae9999c80bf915b5491850e91c6516 Author: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2026-03-13 20:45:05 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-03-13 21:25:46 +0000 EC2: Don't use unicode in boot loader The boot loader menu is disabled by default in EC2, but if it is ever turned on, the default (unicode) output breaks EC2's web interface to the serial console. Set loader_menu_frame="ascii" instead. MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: Amazon --- release/tools/ec2.conf | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/release/tools/ec2.conf b/release/tools/ec2.conf index 744ac24a3f0f..62d7d1957aaf 100644 --- a/release/tools/ec2.conf +++ b/release/tools/ec2.conf @@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ ec2_common() { metalog_add_data ./boot.config # Booting quickly is more important than giving users a chance to - # access the boot loader via the serial port. + # access the boot loader via the serial port; but if users turn the + # boot loader back on, avoid ASCII since it breaks the EC2 web console. echo 'autoboot_delay="-1"' >> ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf echo 'beastie_disable="YES"' >> ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf + echo 'loader_menu_frame="ascii"' >> ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf # The EFI RNG on Graviton 2 is particularly slow if we ask for the # default 2048 bytes of entropy; ask for 64 bytes instead.home | help
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