Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:45:11 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net> To: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ESXi VM does not boot in UEFI mode from 20190906 snapshot ISO Message-ID: <c015e321-6017-c923-f97e-1449ae2cdb4b@yuripv.net> In-Reply-To: <3978E5B5-CAB1-4214-AF9B-757BE1BEA923@me.com> References: <dffffb7e-1ec8-59ca-e312-47551ab23e94@yuripv.net> <3978E5B5-CAB1-4214-AF9B-757BE1BEA923@me.com>
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Toomas Soome wrote: > > >> On 18 Sep 2019, at 18:01, Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net> wrote: >> >> I have tested several snapshot ISOs available for download: >> >> FreeBSD-13.0-CURRENT-amd64-20190822-r351363-disc1.iso - OK >> FreeBSD-13.0-CURRENT-amd64-20190829-r351591-disc1.iso - OK >> FreeBSD-13.0-CURRENT-amd64-20190906-r351901-disc1.iso - FAIL >> FreeBSD-13.0-CURRENT-amd64-20190913-r352265-disc1.iso - FAIL >> >> FAIL being VM shutdown after loading kernel/modules and displaying "EFI framebuffer information". Relevant messages in the VM log are rather unhelpful: >> >> 2019-09-18T14:47:12.397Z| vcpu-0| I125: Guest: Firmware has transitioned to runtime. >> 2019-09-18T14:47:12.434Z| vcpu-0| I125: Msg_Post: Error >> 2019-09-18T14:47:12.434Z| vcpu-0| I125: [msg.efi.exception] The firmware encountered an unexpected exception. The virtual machine cannot boot. >> >> Any hints on debugging this further? > > Im not really sure about debugging; I can not tell about early kernel, but I’d check if the kernel/module locations conflict with efi memory map items… > > The same issue can be seen with vmware fusion, it is not 100% repeatable but I’d say, 95%, starting grab_faults, perhaps ls or some other random command, and boot -v may actually start the system up. OK. It's 100% reproducible here, going from 20190829 (which works) to 20190906 (which doesn't), so I was wondering if anything in r351591-r351901 range could be pointed at as a likely offender.
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