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Date:      Sat, 2 Jan 2021 20:55:16 -0800
From:      Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
To:        "tsoome@freebsd.org" <tsoome@FreeBSD.org>, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 3630506b9dae - main - loader: implement framebuffer console
Message-ID:  <A3E6A9FC-A3EB-4B1B-8642-497068842863@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <75A0B44B-14B7-488E-9FD5-35804162C0CA@yahoo.com>
References:  <75A0B44B-14B7-488E-9FD5-35804162C0CA@yahoo.com>

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On 2021-Jan-2, at 20:37, Mark Millard <marklmi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> As of this update the only amd64 system that I have access
> to (a ThreadRipper 1950X) now displays a blank screen until
> kernel messages start showing up, with or without:
>=20
> hw.vga.textmode=3D"1"
>=20
> The system is not configured for EFI booting of FreeBSD:
>=20
> # gpart show -p /dev/nvd2
> =3D>        40  1875384928    nvd2  GPT  (894G)
>          40        1024  nvd2p1  freebsd-boot  (512K)
>        1064  1468006400  nvd2p2  freebsd-ufs  (700G)
>  1468007464   402653184  nvd2p3  freebsd-swap  (192G)
>  1870660648     4724320          - free -  (2.3G)
>=20
> is what it boots FreeBSD from.
>=20
> Just before things disappear there is a / shown (or is it \
> or a short sequence of such?).

The camera recorded a \ with an underscore under it. For the
time until the blank screen, it did not seem to be changing.

> I'm going to see if I can get a picture/video of the first
> material to show up.

The first image after the bank screen as captured by the
camera was the "Welcome to FreeBSD" display with selections
1. to 5. and options 6. and 7. where it also said:

  Autoboot in 0 sections, hit [Enter] to boot or any other key [edge of =
picture]

Loading kernel...
/boot/kernel/kernel text=3D *** I OMIT DETAILS ON THIS LINE ***
*** I OMIT DETAILS ON THIS LINE ***
Loading configured modules...
/boot/entropy size=3D0x1000
/etc/hostid size=3D0x25
/



That last may just be timing of the imaging. (I used fast repeat
instead of video.)


=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com
( dsl-only.net went
away in early 2018-Mar)




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