Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:17:04 +0300 From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> To: =?utf-8?Q?Timo_V=C3=B6lker?= <timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to UEFI boot 11.2 via pxeboot Message-ID: <EFD018A6-1FD1-4F19-82CC-A13E97ED429D@me.com> In-Reply-To: <BCA668F8-FA9C-4A3B-B6BB-02C4438ECB53@fh-muenster.de> References: <E08238AB-5405-42D6-9475-53415F20C976@fh-muenster.de> <3DF39C46-977E-4D07-AF23-F0C7D5DAF2E6@fh-muenster.de> <9A67D337-ADC9-4B19-A44D-6C08135861D3@me.com> <A0CD2280-7E61-456E-B197-792F37C4C546@me.com> <BCA668F8-FA9C-4A3B-B6BB-02C4438ECB53@fh-muenster.de>
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> On 3 Aug 2018, at 10:28, Timo V=C3=B6lker = <timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de> wrote: >=20 > Hi Toomas, >=20 > it seems your fix works here. Some of the error messages remain, but I = was able to (pxe)boot without a USB stick plugged in. >=20 > https://ibb.co/g8Bkfe >=20 > Right after the moment from the screenshot, the FreeBSD boot manager = showed up. >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Timo Ok, so far so good. As seen from the screen dump, some cleanup is = required, I do not think we should print about efipart_inithandles() in = case of errno 2 - thats perfectly normal case if there are no block = devices. Update commited:) rgds, toomas >=20 >> On 2. Aug 2018, at 14:45, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote: >>=20 >> Could you check the current with = https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337131 >>=20 >> thanks, >> toomas >>=20 >>> On 2 Aug 2018, at 15:32, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote: >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>> On 2 Aug 2018, at 15:08, Timo V=C3=B6lker = <timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de> wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> It seems this issue is related to current as well. I did a quick = test and got this output, while I tried to (pxe)boot FreeBSD current = (without a USB stick plugged in) >>>>=20 >>>> https://ibb.co/no8Fve >>>>=20 >>>> Best regards >>>>=20 >>>> Timo >>>=20 >>> the hint is about efipart_inithandles() returning 2, thats errno = code for ENOENT. congratz, you have hit the corner case:D >>>=20 >>> Since efinet_dev is part of devsw, we can not skip the devswitch = init with such error, we still need to walk the list. Let me see if I = can provide quick fix. >>>=20 >>> rgds, >>> toomas >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>> On 31. Jul 2018, at 14:16, Timo V=C3=B6lker = <timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de> wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>> Hi, >>>>>=20 >>>>> I'm unable to boot up the amd64 11.2 via pxeboot using UEFI on a = Dell PowerEdge R430. I get this output >>>>>=20 >>>>> https://ibb.co/h5ntuT >>>>>=20 >>>>> If I press a key to interrupt reboot, I get to the OK prompt. If I = enter lsdev -v, it prints nothing more than "net devices:". The variable = currdev is not set (show currdev prints variable 'currdev' not found). I = configured pxeboot to be the one and only boot medium in BIOS setup.=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> However, I found a workaround that works for me. If I put an = (empty) USB stick in a USB port of the PowerEdge, it successfully boots = via pxeboot (which is still the one and only configured boot medium). I = then get this output >>>>>=20 >>>>> https://ibb.co/mU8SM8 >>>>>=20 >>>>> With FreeBSD 11.1 pxeboot worked on the Dell PowerEdge R430, even = without a USB stick plugged in. I couldn't test this with FreeBSD = 12-current. Hope this helps anyway to find an open issue. >>>>>=20 >>>>> I found this thread which seems to be related. >>>>>=20 >>>>> = https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2018-July/070082.html >>>>>=20 >>>>> Thanks, >>>>>=20 >>>>> Timo >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>=20 >=20
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