From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 2 17:52:34 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9FD42BB9 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2014 17:52:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8719F2F8D for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2014 17:52:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s62HqYBJ044248 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2014 18:52:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 191564] New: [vt] UEFI boot shows that screen is not cleared as kernel starts Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:52:34 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: kern X-Bugzilla-Version: 11.0-CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: emaste@freebsd.org X-Bugzilla-Status: Needs Triage X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter attachments.created Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:52:34 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191564 Bug ID: 191564 Summary: [vt] UEFI boot shows that screen is not cleared as kernel starts Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: amd64 OS: Any Status: Needs Triage Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: kern Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: emaste@freebsd.org Created attachment 144346 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=144346&action=edit screenshot of UEFI vt(4) boot The UEFI loader uses UEFI's console services for I/O; the vt_efifb driver takes over for vt(4)'s framebuffer when the kernel boots, but does not clear the screen first, so some of the previous output remains on screen until it is scrolled off. See the attached screenshot - the loader's output finished with "Start @ 0xffff...." at the bottom, and the kernel's output started with "GDB: no debug ports present" at the top. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.