Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:10:03 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: "O. Hartmann" <o.hartmann@walstatt.org> Cc: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartmann@walstatt.org>, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: r326734: serial console fails: boot stuck at: Consoles: internal video/keyboard Message-ID: <CANCZdfrTXaseRS_5gq2YxJmb6tvjw3OVPEgtyCko0gb-jZ8-Yg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20171210023503.6d8e02b3@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> References: <20171209194129.53977a63@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> <728FB521-24EE-4628-9816-EB3DF0ACA14E@freebsd.org> <CANCZdfrfy5biQnOV16RwQ3m=hfKzbvznGZ=p=3-GbhP27AZ0Ug@mail.gmail.com> <20171209214746.1debb72e@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> <CANCZdfpM-Y_dU8T-F7DRrLnd9JzkHLisALKnGwGKonwozB%2B8Pg@mail.gmail.com> <20171210023503.6d8e02b3@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de>
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On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 6:35 PM, O. Hartmann <o.hartmann@walstatt.org> wrote= : > Am Sat, 9 Dec 2017 14:30:38 -0700 > Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> schrieb: > > > On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 1:47 PM, O. Hartmann <o.hartmann@walstatt.org> > wrote: > > > > > Am Sat, 9 Dec 2017 13:00:12 -0700 > > > Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> schrieb: > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org= > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 9. Dec 2017, at 19:41, O. Hartmann <ohartmann@walstatt.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Running a PCengines APU2C4 with FreeBSD Current, r326734, fails > to > > > boot, > > > > > it gets stuck at > > > > > > the very first messages on the serial console prompting > > > > > > > > > > > > Consoles: internal video/keyboard > > > > > > > > > > > > and then nothing more. > > > > > I don't think it is a general problem with r326734. I'm running o= n > the > > > > > same hardware > > > > > that revision (with some modifications to the TCP I'm testing): > > > > > > uname -a > > > > > FreeBSD nf3.testbed 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #31 > r326734M: Sat > > > > > Dec 9 20:03:59 CET 2017 tuexen@nf3.testbed:/usr/home/ > > > > > tuexen/head/sys/amd64/compile/TCP amd64 > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > > > > > What's your boot setup? BIOS vs UEFI? UFS vs ZFS? GELI? GPT vs MBR? > > > Plants > > > > vs Zombies? And did you update your boot blocks or not? > > > > > > > > Warner > > > > > > All right, I got your point here, my bad, my apaologies. > > > > > > I boot from a NanoBSD-prepared image residing on a SD card. The > partiton > > > scheme is GPT, > > > non UEFI (the SeaBIOS, latest version available for the APU2C2 > available) > > > doesn't support > > > UEFI. NanoBSD scripts (legacy.sh) has been modified to fit our > requests. > > > > > > The modifications target at most the creation of a GPT partition sche= me > > > layout, > > > installing boot/pmbr as bootcode and boot/gptboot on a freebsd-boot > > > partition as well as > > > boot/boot1.efifat onto a dedicated efi-type partition. The UEFI > partition > > > is usually > > > created before(!) the freebsd-boot partition, but in this specific > > > version, there is NO > > > EFI partition, only the gptboot containing partition. The binaries of > the > > > above mentioned > > > bootcode/efi code images are taken from the newly build world. I do n= ot > > > use boot0sio, the > > > portion where it is installed is excluded by some "if GPT; then" > clause. > > > > > > The last known-good version I reported in working is the image I > backuped > > > last time. I > > > lost the USB 2.0 flash device today containing the last version, that > was > > > not far from > > > r326218, the version that corrupted FreeBSD, I guess it was r326184, > but I > > > really do not > > > know and I havn't a backup of that image. > > > > > > The buildworld process is maintained by a bunch of WITHOUT_ statement= s > in > > > a file driving > > > NanoBSD. This just for the record just in case FreeBSD build system > changed > > > something significantly. > > > > > > > Should, but if you could share what those all are, I can tell you if an= y > > might cause an issue that would help us root cause. > > > > > > > Building a world takes 90 minutes or more, so bi-secting the problem > would > > > be a pain in > > > the arse (that said, I imply that world and kernel need to be in sync= ). > > > > > > I would appreciate hints or tipps where to look after or how to > increase > > > verbosity > > > especially at the first boot stage. > > > > > > > OK. So you are booting with gptboot off an SD card on the PC Engines > system > > via legacy methods for a UFS root partition. GELI is not involved, > correct? > > I do not use GELI. GEOM_GELI is in ther kernel compiled in. No modules ar= e > allowed to be > loaded. > > The disk image created and mounted via md0 (mdconfig -a -t vndo -f > filename.img) looks > like: > > =3D> 40 5175704 md0 GPT (2.5G) > 40 1024 2 boot0 (512K) > 1064 2059464 3 dsks1a (1.0G) > 2060528 2063643 4 dsks2a (1.0G) > 4124171 1048576 5 dsks3 (512M) > 5172747 2997 - free - (1.5M) > > This is the image type without UEFI partition, legacy boot only via > gptboot. > > > > > Sadly, there's no easy way to increase the verbosity of the early boot > > since the boot blocks have to live in such a constrained environment > > there's a strong bias against including debug code. > > > > But what we know is encouraging. We know that gptboot properly loaded, > and > > that it found /boot/loader, loaded it, and then we had the issue. This > > helps us constrain things somewhat in testing. For the moment, we'll > assume > > that gptboot is good, and concentrate on when /boot/loader went south. > > Before we do that, can I get any loader.conf and /boot.config > /boot/config > > files you have? > > boot.config/loader.conf are non existent. > > [loader.conf.local] > boot_serial=3D"YES" > comconsole_speed=3D"115200" > console=3D"comconsole" > > autoboot_delay=3D"5" > > verbose_loading=3D"YES" > loader_logo=3D"none" > beastie_disable=3D"NO" > > kern.geom.label.gptid.enable=3D0 > hw.physmem=3D1073741824 > # Da mehr als 1 igb NIC an Bord! Siehe man igb(4) > kern.ipc.nmbclusters=3D757350 > hw.intrbalance=3D1 > hw.em.max_interrupt_rate=3D16000 > net.fibs=3D6 > net.add_addr_allfibs=3D0 Thanks! This is about what I'd expect, but in these weird things it's always good to be explicit... > src/stand is easily buildable standalone these days, so my thought is > > trying to build it at r326550 and putting that onto into your image. > > src/stand stakes 1 minute to build on my box, so 5 on yours max :). You > can > > even build it standalone in a separate tree if that would help keep > > whatever world you're using to do the builds purer. If we can't get > > satisfaction doing that, then we'll drop back to plan B: if you give me > all > > the WITH/WITHOUT you are using, I could send you a tarball with about t= wo > > dozen /boot/loaders to try which should make bisecting not a total pain > in > > the arse. I'd likely toss in gptboot as well, since it's small. Let me > know > > :) > > Well, that is a kind offer, thanks. Tomorrow morning, I'll try r326550. > For now, I spent > too much time trying to rid of this. > I'm with you on this. I'm just trying to figure out what, exactly, I need to try to setup since this isn't quite my env. So you don't load GELI since you have it in your kernel. Does this mean that gptboot loading from a GELI partition? Warner > Kind regards, > > Oliver > > > > > Since this is very early in /boot/loader's purview, I don't think > > kernel/world matter at all (apart from the fact that loader is built as > > part of world). > > > > The PCengines APU with the most recent SeaBIOS isn't capable of booting > > > FreeBSD from USB > > > 3.0 devices. Even from USB 2.0 flashdrives working images fail at the > boot > > > loader with > > > "failed with error 19". > > > > > > OK. I assume this is a different issue. :) > > > > Warner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > FreeBSD CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #52 r324234: Tue Oct 3 > 11:00:53 > > > > > CEST 2017 amd64 > > > > > > works fine. > > > > > > > > > > > > What the heck has changed? > > > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > oh > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > O. Hartmann > > > > > > > > > > > > Ich widerspreche der Nutzung oder =C3=9Cbermittlung meiner Date= n f=C3=BCr > > > > > > Werbezwecke oder f=C3=BCr die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung (= =C2=A7 28 > Abs. 4 > > > > > BDSG). > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@ > > > freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@ > > > freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > O. Hartmann > > > > > > Ich widerspreche der Nutzung oder =C3=9Cbermittlung meiner Daten f=C3= =BCr > > > Werbezwecke oder f=C3=BCr die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung (=C2=A7 2= 8 Abs. 4 > BDSG). > > > > > > > -- > O. Hartmann > > Ich widerspreche der Nutzung oder =C3=9Cbermittlung meiner Daten f=C3=BCr > Werbezwecke oder f=C3=BCr die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung (=C2=A7 28 Ab= s. 4 BDSG). >
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