From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 30 16:00:54 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C0B3EC1 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:00:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from d.mail.sonic.net (d.mail.sonic.net [64.142.111.50]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 708EF21E2 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:00:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zeppelin.tachypleus.net ([32.210.30.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by d.mail.sonic.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id sBUG0jxV017776 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:00:46 -0800 Message-ID: <54A2CC2D.3040105@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:00:45 -0800 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer E3-112 and UEFI References: <20876.213.113.68.53.1419950410.squirrel@webmail.alvermark.net> In-Reply-To: <20876.213.113.68.53.1419950410.squirrel@webmail.alvermark.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sonic-CAuth: UmFuZG9tSVaQgNtQtyOO6lfvOGaiXyY7tLrCPuBsTudnVEmAxACHVyQi4CIfurrm231mqSUIKtjk6gVPRTTqu68j3fJvXKHLRjJxnuhV3Vs= X-Sonic-ID: C;iMqqAz2Q5BGMWlG2qJ4NOg== M;Pho7BD2Q5BGMWlG2qJ4NOg== X-Spam-Flag: No X-Sonic-Spam-Details: 0.0/5.0 by cerberusd X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:00:54 -0000 On 12/30/14 06:40, Jakob Alvermark wrote: > Hi, > > Have been playing with this machine for a while now. > It is a quad core Pentium N3540 (ValleyView/Bay Trail), 8 GB RAM. It came > with a Broadcom WiFi card which I swapped for an Intel which is supported > by FreeBSD. Also swapped the hard drive for an SSD. > > When first trying to boot FreeBSD with UEFI it would not boot. > It stops after the loader is trying to start the kernel. > My workaround now is using refind, http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ > to set the screen resolution to 800x600. (Native is 1366x768) > Only then will it boot using UEFI. > I tried setting it to 1024x768, then it crashes. If it helps I can get the > backtrace. [Not sure what's going on here] > The other "interresting" thing is that when UEFI-booting the > sdhci-controllers is not detected. (There are two, one card reader, and I > guess one for internal eMMC that is not present in this model). > > Booting with legacy BIOS: > # pciconf -l| grep sdhci > sdhci_pci0@pci0:0:18:0: class=0x080501 card=0x09331025 chip=0x0f168086 > rev=0x0e hdr=0x00 > sdhci_pci1@pci0:0:23:0: class=0x080501 card=0x09331025 chip=0x0f508086 > rev=0x0e hdr=0x00 > > Booting UEFI they are simply not there... At least sometimes, the CSM is involved in initializing some peripherals (this happens with an isci(4) SAS controller I have, for example) and disabling it will result in them not appearing. This is a BIOS bug, unfortunately. > > Also Xorg only works with BIOS. (Only VESA. I guess VESA drivers depends > on BIOS? For proper X support I guess I have to wait for the Haswell > drivers) You can use xf86-video-scfb for a VESA-like experience on EFI systems. -Nathan