From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Wed Sep 30 16:56:17 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B6842BFB8 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:56:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rleigh@codelibre.net) Received: from b-painless.mh.aa.net.uk (b-painless.mh.aa.net.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:0:30::52]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C1j800JVbz4W0G for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:56:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rleigh@codelibre.net) Received: from 182.155.187.81.in-addr.arpa ([81.187.155.182] helo=[192.168.1.207]) by b-painless.mh.aa.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kNfOn-0006FA-QO for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:56:13 +0100 Subject: Re: UEFI boot failure with VMware Workstation 16 and 12.2Beta3 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <7d20fa14-42ef-f9c8-4857-92578844081e@codelibre.net> From: Roger Leigh Message-ID: <2400124a-9488-51f0-0308-99f1cf9b7c42@codelibre.net> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:56:12 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.2.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7d20fa14-42ef-f9c8-4857-92578844081e@codelibre.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-GB X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4C1j800JVbz4W0G X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of rleigh@codelibre.net has no SPF policy when checking 2001:8b0:0:30::52) smtp.mailfrom=rleigh@codelibre.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.02 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.38)[0.378]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[codelibre.net]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.79)[0.794]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.94)[0.944]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20712, ipnet:2001:8b0::/32, country:GB]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-stable]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:56:17 -0000 On 30/09/2020 17:44, Roger Leigh wrote: > Hi folks, > > > I've been testing FreeBSD 12.2Beta3 (amd64) with VMware Workstation 16 > on Windows 10, and encountered an issue which looks to be related to > the UEFI console (see attached screenshot). > > It's quite possible this is a VMware UEFI bug rather than a FreeBSD > bug, and I've mentioned this to VMware here: > https://communities.vmware.com/thread/643481 but I wanted to mention > it here in case it's triggered by the FreeBSD UEFI support doing > something slightly incorrect which triggers this misbehaviour. > > I also tested with the latest 12.1 release image and this behaviour is > not triggered with 12.1p1 or p10. > One additional detail to mention.  The installer didn't trigger the bug.  It booted from UEFI perfectly and the installer ran to completion.  This issue was only triggered after I booted into the new installation. Kind regards, Roger