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Date:      Mon, 02 Nov 2020 06:25:40 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 250580] VMware UEFI guests crash in virtual hardware after r366691
Message-ID:  <bug-250580-227-Qvb5YvRAam@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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hehongbo@mail.com changed:

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--- Comment #5 from hehongbo@mail.com ---
Yes, this bug is not AMD-specific. I'm running FreeBSD 12.1 on an ESXi Serv=
er
with an Intel Xeon E3-1230v3 CPU and after upgrading to 12.2 it failed to b=
oot.

Also, another virtual machine which is a FreeNAS 11.3 also breaks after
upgrading to TrueNAS 12, which under the hood is also FreeBSD 12.2.

Recently I found I can boot these 2 virtual machines by entering the EFI sh=
ell
of VMware UEFI firmware before booting FreeBSD, just:

i. Power ON the VM and immediately press the ESC button.
ii. On the boot menu screen of VMware VM's firmware, press the arrow key to
select "EFI Internal Shell (Unsupported option)" and press enter to confirm.
iii. After seeing "Press ESC in 5 seconds to skip startup.nsh, any other ke=
y to
continue." press a key other than ESC or just wait for the countdown.
iv. Continue to boot FreeBSD as normal.

May this detail helps to investigate the issue.

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