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Date:      Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:36:41 +0300
From:      Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
To:        Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot failure on refreshed Dell Precision 7550
Message-ID:  <373D9D74-E5B6-4458-874A-8276B1BA7324@me.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200710132557.gfcsbnffmmqzswdh@mutt-hbsd>
References:  <20200710132557.gfcsbnffmmqzswdh@mutt-hbsd>

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> On 10. Jul 2020, at 16:25, Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I just got in a new Dell Precision 7550 laptop. Tried booting FreeBSD
> on it and UEFI boot failed. The screen goes black immedately when
> selecting the memstick and around ten to twenty seconds later, the
> system reboots.
> 
> I'm thinking there might be a bug in the UEFI loader. I have zero
> experience in this area, but would love to learn. Can someone punish
> me with ideas on how to debug this? ;P
> 
> I'll try to get whatever patches/fixes that come out of this effort
> upstreamed.

Just in case, is secure boot turned off?

rgds,
toomas




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