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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2023 19:54:20 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk@gmail.com>
Cc:        Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why doesn't the EFI boot loader want to display the graphical orb logo in its boot menu on an Asus Prime 7590-P motherboard?
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No ConOut variable -> we assume the widest possible amount of hardware.
which is why you see efi comconsole as the console.

Can you send me the output of
efivar --device-path 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConIn

It should look like:
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConIn
:
PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x0)/Acpi(PNP0303,0x0),/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x0)/Ac=
pi(PNP0303,0x1)

I've been putting-off falling back to ConIn to determine the default
console device. I'd like
to collect a few more examples before I start.

Warner

On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 4:49=E2=80=AFPM Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk@gmail.com=
> wrote:

> Any, by the way, "show console" also shows "efi,comconsole", just like
> "kenv | grep efi" does.
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 6:40=E2=80=AFPM Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk@gmail.c=
om>
> wrote:
>
>> My ESP partition has EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi . I copied /boot/loader.efi to
>> EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi when I compiled stand after this commit was added t=
o
>> the main branch:
>> https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=3Dc16e08e5f324aa119c85e10eaabacb=
d2abdb40e0
>> .
>> I get this output:
>> kenv | grep efi
>> console=3D"efi,comconsole"
>> efi-version=3D"2.70"
>> efi_com_port=3D"0"
>> efi_com_speed=3D"0"
>> efi_max_resolution=3D"1x1"
>> entropy_efi_seed=3D"YES"
>> loader.efi=3D"1"
>>
>> And in the attachment, you can see the output from the loader prompt.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 6:20=E2=80=AFPM Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wro=
te:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12. May 2023, at 01:09, Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> kenv | grep screen produces this output:
>>>
>>> screensave_load=3D"NO"
>>> screensave_name=3D"green_saver"
>>>
>>>
>>> Yep, the screen is considered to be in text mode and only ascii art is
>>> used (see drawer.lua).
>>>
>>> on loader prompt, does =E2=80=98gop get=E2=80=99 or =E2=80=98gop list=
=E2=80=99 output anything?
>>>
>>> if gop does output reasonable data, make sure your loader.efi on ESP is
>>> up to date; if you have no ConOut and ConOutDev variables set (by
>>> firmware), older loader did default to serial port, recent loader does
>>> default to efi,comconsole (see show console on loader prompt).
>>>
>>> rgds,
>>> toomas
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 6:06=E2=80=AFPM Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wr=
ote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12. May 2023, at 00:57, Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> kenv | grep boot shows me this:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can you run kenv | grep screen ? in gfx mode, you should see
>>>> screen.depth, screen.height and screen.width
>>>>
>>>> rgds,
>>>> toomas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> acpi_dsdt_name=3D"/boot/acpi_dsdt.aml"
>>>> boot_verbose=3D"YES"
>>>> bootenv_autolist=3D"YES"
>>>> bootenvs[0]=3D"zfs:DESKTOP/poudriere"
>>>> bootenvs_count=3D"1"
>>>> bootfile=3D"kernel"
>>>> cpu_microcode_name=3D"/boot/firmware/ucode.bin"
>>>> entropy_cache_name=3D"/boot/entropy"
>>>> entropy_cache_type=3D"boot_entropy_cache"
>>>> if_re_name=3D"/boot/modules/if_re.ko"
>>>> kernel_path=3D"/boot/kernel"
>>>> kernelname=3D"/boot/kernel/kernel"
>>>> loader_conf_dirs=3D"/boot/loader.conf.d"
>>>> module_path=3D"/boot/kernel;/boot/modules;/boot/dtb;/boot/dtb/overlays=
"
>>>> nextboot_conf=3D"/boot/nextboot.conf"
>>>> ram_blacklist_name=3D"/boot/blacklist.txt"
>>>>
>>>> The efivar command shows me:
>>>>
>>>> efivar --device-path 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut
>>>> efivar: fetching 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut: No such
>>>> file or directory
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 5:43=E2=80=AFPM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> w=
rote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:21=E2=80=AFPM Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> =
wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > On 12. May 2023, at 00:11, Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Guys, there is something that I find puzzling. Why doesn't the EFI
>>>>>> boot loader want to display the graphical orb logo in its boot menu =
on an
>>>>>> Asus Prime 7590-P motherboard? Is there something quirky about this
>>>>>> particular motherboard that forces the FreeBSD EFI loader to display=
 the
>>>>>> old style ASCII orb logo in its boot menu? Please explain to me the =
cause
>>>>>> of this problem and if possible, give me a solution to it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There can be two reasons. One is that resolution is low and there is
>>>>>> no space to put the image on. Second one is that the screen is force=
d to
>>>>>> use =E2=80=9Ctext=E2=80=9D mode, which happens when system has confi=
gured to have serial
>>>>>> console (redirection).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the latter isn't the case (based on earlier email with Oleg),
>>>>> but we can be sure if he provides:
>>>>> (1) kenv (to make sure boot_xxx are set, maybe via a stray loader.con=
f)
>>>>> (2) sudo efivar --device-path
>>>>> 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut
>>>>>
>>>>> It should show something like:
>>>>> 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut
>>>>> :
>>>>> PciRoot(0x2)/Pci(0x1,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/AcpiAdr(0x8001010=
0),/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x3)/Serial(0x1)/Uart(115200,8,N,1)/UartFlowCtrl(=
Hardware)/VenVt100Plus()
>>>>>
>>>>> if there's redirect or something like
>>>>>
>>>>> 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut
>>>>> :
>>>>> PciRoot(0x2)/Pci(0x1,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/AcpiAdr(0x8001010=
0)
>>>>>
>>>>> if not.
>>>>>
>>>>> Warner
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>No ConOut variable -&gt; we assume the widest possibl=
e amount of hardware. which is why you see efi comconsole as the console.</=
div><div><br></div><div>Can you send me the output of</div><div>efivar --de=
vice-path 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConIn</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>It should look like:</div><div>8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConI=
n<br>: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x0)/Acpi(PNP0303,0x0),/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,=
0x0)/Acpi(PNP0303,0x1)</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve been putting-off f=
alling back to ConIn to determine the default console device. I&#39;d like<=
/div><div>to collect a few more examples before I start.<br></div><div><br>=
</div><div>Warner<br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D=
"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 4:49=E2=80=AFPM Oleg Lel=
chuk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:oleglelchuk@gmail.com">oleglelchuk@gmail.com</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px =
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">Any, by the way, &quot;show console&quot; also shows &quot;efi=
,comconsole&quot;, just like &quot;kenv | grep efi&quot; does.</div><br><di=
v class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, May 1=
1, 2023 at 6:40=E2=80=AFPM Oleg Lelchuk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:oleglelchuk@g=
mail.com" target=3D"_blank">oleglelchuk@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l=
eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">My ESP pa=
rtition has EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi . I copied /boot/loader.efi to EFI/BOOT/BO=
OTX64.efi when I compiled stand after this commit was added to the main bra=
nch:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=3Dc16e08e5f324=
aa119c85e10eaabacbd2abdb40e0" target=3D"_blank">https://cgit.freebsd.org/sr=
c/commit/?id=3Dc16e08e5f324aa119c85e10eaabacbd2abdb40e0</a> .=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0<div>I get this output:</div><div>kenv | grep efi<br>console=3D&quot;=
efi,comconsole&quot;<br>efi-version=3D&quot;2.70&quot;<br>efi_com_port=3D&q=
uot;0&quot;<br>efi_com_speed=3D&quot;0&quot;<br>efi_max_resolution=3D&quot;=
1x1&quot;<br>entropy_efi_seed=3D&quot;YES&quot;<br>loader.efi=3D&quot;1&quo=
t;</div><div><br></div><div>And in the attachment, you can see the output f=
rom the loader prompt.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 6:20=E2=
=80=AFPM Toomas Soome &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tsoome@me.com" target=3D"_blank=
">tsoome@me.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pad=
ding-left:1ex"><div><br><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On 12. May =
2023, at 01:09, Oleg Lelchuk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:oleglelchuk@gmail.com" t=
arget=3D"_blank">oleglelchuk@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br><div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">kenv | grep screen produces this output:<div><br></div><div>scree=
nsave_load=3D&quot;NO&quot;<br>screensave_name=3D&quot;green_saver&quot;<br=
></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yep, the screen is cons=
idered to be in text mode and only ascii art is used (see drawer.lua).</div=
><div><br></div><div>on loader prompt, does =E2=80=98gop get=E2=80=99 or =
=E2=80=98gop list=E2=80=99 output anything?</div><div><br></div><div>if gop=
 does output reasonable data, make sure your loader.efi on ESP is up to dat=
e; if you have no ConOut and ConOutDev variables set (by firmware), older l=
oader did default to serial port, recent loader does default to efi,comcons=
ole (see show console on loader prompt).=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>rgd=
s,</div><div>toomas</div><div><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><br>=
<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Ma=
y 11, 2023 at 6:06=E2=80=AFPM Toomas Soome &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tsoome@me.=
com" target=3D"_blank">tsoome@me.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid=
 rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><br><div><br><blockquote type=3D"c=
ite"><div>On 12. May 2023, at 00:57, Oleg Lelchuk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ole=
glelchuk@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">oleglelchuk@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<=
/div><br><div><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14p=
x;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing=
:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:no=
rmal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">kenv | grep boot shows me this:=
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Can you run kenv | grep screen=
 ? in gfx mode, you should see screen.depth, screen.height and screen.width=
</div><div><br></div><div>rgds,</div><div>toomas</div><br><blockquote type=
=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14=
px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacin=
g:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:n=
ormal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div>=C2=A0<br>acpi_dsdt_name=
=3D&quot;/boot/acpi_dsdt.aml&quot;<br>boot_verbose=3D&quot;YES&quot;<br>boo=
tenv_autolist=3D&quot;YES&quot;<br>bootenvs[0]=3D&quot;zfs:DESKTOP/poudrier=
e&quot;<br>bootenvs_count=3D&quot;1&quot;<br>bootfile=3D&quot;kernel&quot;<=
br>cpu_microcode_name=3D&quot;/boot/firmware/ucode.bin&quot;<br>entropy_cac=
he_name=3D&quot;/boot/entropy&quot;<br>entropy_cache_type=3D&quot;boot_entr=
opy_cache&quot;<br>if_re_name=3D&quot;/boot/modules/if_re.ko&quot;<br>kerne=
l_path=3D&quot;/boot/kernel&quot;<br>kernelname=3D&quot;/boot/kernel/kernel=
&quot;<br>loader_conf_dirs=3D&quot;/boot/loader.conf.d&quot;<br>module_path=
=3D&quot;/boot/kernel;/boot/modules;/boot/dtb;/boot/dtb/overlays&quot;<br>n=
extboot_conf=3D&quot;/boot/nextboot.conf&quot;<br>ram_blacklist_name=3D&quo=
t;/boot/blacklist.txt&quot;<br></div><div><br></div><div>The efivar command=
 shows me:</div><div><br></div><div>efivar --device-path 8be4df61-93ca-11d2=
-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut<br>efivar: fetching 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e09=
8032b8c-ConOut: No such file or directory<br></div></div><br style=3D"font-=
family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;=
font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text=
-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><=
div class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;fon=
t-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:norm=
al;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;=
word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr=
">On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 5:43=E2=80=AFPM Warner Losh &lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:imp@bsdimp.com" target=3D"_blank">imp@bsdimp.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l=
eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D=
"gmail_attr">On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:21=E2=80=AFPM Toomas Soome &lt;<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:tsoome@me.com" target=3D"_blank">tsoome@me.com</a>&gt; wrote:<=
br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8e=
x;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br><br>&gt; On =
12. May 2023, at 00:11, Oleg Lelchuk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:oleglelchuk@gmai=
l.com" target=3D"_blank">oleglelchuk@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<span>=
=C2=A0</span><br>&gt; Guys, there is something that I find puzzling. Why do=
esn&#39;t the EFI boot loader want to display the graphical orb logo in its=
 boot menu on an Asus Prime 7590-P motherboard? Is there something quirky a=
bout this particular motherboard that forces the FreeBSD EFI loader to disp=
lay the old style ASCII orb logo in its boot menu? Please explain to me the=
 cause of this problem and if possible, give me a solution to it.<br><br>Th=
ere can be two reasons. One is that resolution is low and there is no space=
 to put the image on. Second one is that the screen is forced to use =E2=80=
=9Ctext=E2=80=9D mode, which happens when system has configured to have ser=
ial console (redirection).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think the =
latter isn&#39;t the case (based on earlier email with Oleg), but we can be=
 sure if he provides:</div><div>(1) kenv (to make sure boot_xxx are set, ma=
ybe via a stray loader.conf)</div><div>(2) sudo efivar --device-path 8be4df=
61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut</div><div><br></div><div>It should sh=
ow something like:</div><div>8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut<br=
></div>: PciRoot(0x2)/Pci(0x1,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/AcpiAdr(0x8001=
0100),/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x3)/Serial(0x1)/Uart(115200,8,N,1)/UartFlowCt=
rl(Hardware)/VenVt100Plus()<br><div>=C2=A0</div><div>if there&#39;s redirec=
t or something like</div><div><br></div><div>8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098=
032b8c-ConOut<br>: PciRoot(0x2)/Pci(0x1,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Acpi=
Adr(0x80010100)<br></div><div><br></div><div>if not.</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Warner</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br>=
</div></blockquote></div>
</div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div>

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