Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 20:19:58 +0300 From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: loader_4th.efi broke? Message-ID: <1BA529E5-064B-46A8-A412-3D7A66AD6D2F@me.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.2205201709360.68830@ai.fobar.qr> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.2205201651000.68830@ai.fobar.qr> <71D61E79-B3A5-49FA-9B9E-26E124A5B4EF@me.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2205201709360.68830@ai.fobar.qr>
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--Apple-Mail=_0C16D237-30DE-4FDC-BEB8-60E2C5F0ED0C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 20. May 2022, at 20:11, Bjoern A. Zeeb = <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote: >=20 > On Fri, 20 May 2022, Toomas Soome wrote: >=20 >>> On 20. May 2022, at 20:00, Bjoern A. Zeeb = <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote: >>>=20 >>> Hi, >>>=20 >>> something between >>> 255692.f70de61e567df59bceb2d18c8bc1b54943a7466b and >>> 255723.b3fa36efe797445cb0b4fd26d79226836db2a2b3 >>> made loader_4th.efi go all >>> "failed to allocate staging area: 9" >>>=20 >>> I am netbooting booting, no ZFS involved. >>> One other data point: the base system compile may have changed in = that time. >>>=20 >>> I haven't dug into yet. Is anyone else seeing this? >>>=20 >>=20 >> staging area will be allocated very early, so for some reason either = the memory map is fragmented or there is just too low memory. >>=20 >> 9 is EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES. >=20 > The UEFI hasn't changed; 64GB of memory haven't changed. Power > cycling didn't make a difference. Going back to the old one > immediately worked again. I saw no changes in stand/ relevant. >=20 > Is there a way to debug this or should we simply "stop" if this fails > rather than endlessly fill the console with it? >=20 um, ok 64GB should be plenty;) of course, if the firmware is squashing = low memory map to small chunks, then there is problem (we are asking to = use low 4GB because of buggy firmwares=E2=80=A6), but you can try = loader_lua.efi. The other cause could be grown kernel modules - we try = to allocate 64MB staging area first, if it is not enough, then we try to = get larger chunk=E2=80=A6. Of course, screen spamming is bug, that should not happen.=20 rgds, toomas= --Apple-Mail=_0C16D237-30DE-4FDC-BEB8-60E2C5F0ED0C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 20. May 2022, at 20:11, Bjoern A. Zeeb <<a = href=3D"mailto:bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net" = class=3D"">bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta = charset=3D"UTF-8" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">On Fri, 20 May 2022, Toomas Soome wrote:</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Hack-Regular; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;" class=3D""><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;" class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"font-family: = Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">On 20. May 2022, at = 20:00, Bjoern A. Zeeb <<a = href=3D"mailto:bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net" = class=3D"">bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net</a>> wrote:<br class=3D""><br= class=3D"">Hi,<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">something between<br = class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space: pre;"> = </span>255692.f70de61e567df59bceb2d18c8bc1b54943a7466b and<br = class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space: pre;"> = </span>255723.b3fa36efe797445cb0b4fd26d79226836db2a2b3<br class=3D"">made = loader_4th.efi go all<br class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space: pre;"> </span>"failed to allocate staging area: = 9"<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">I am netbooting booting, no ZFS = involved.<br class=3D"">One other data point: the base system compile = may have changed in that time.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">I haven't = dug into yet. Is anyone else seeing this?<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D"">staging area will be allocated = very early, so for some reason either the memory map is fragmented or = there is just too low memory.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">9 is = EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES.<br class=3D""></blockquote><br style=3D"caret-color:= rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: = normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">The UEFI hasn't changed; 64GB of memory haven't changed. = Power</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=3D"">cycling = didn't make a difference. Going back to the old one</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Hack-Regular; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=3D"">immediately = worked again. I saw no changes in stand/ relevant.</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Hack-Regular; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;" class=3D""><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=3D"">Is there a = way to debug this or should we simply "stop" if this fails</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Hack-Regular; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=3D"">rather than = endlessly fill the console with it?</span><br style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: = normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></blockquote></div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>um, = ok 64GB should be plenty;) of course, if the firmware is squashing low = memory map to small chunks, then there is problem (we are asking to use = low 4GB because of buggy firmwares=E2=80=A6), but you can try = loader_lua.efi. The other cause could be grown kernel modules - we try = to allocate 64MB staging area first, if it is not enough, then we try to = get larger chunk=E2=80=A6.</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>Of = course, screen spamming is bug, that should not = happen. </div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div>rgds,</div><div>toomas</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_0C16D237-30DE-4FDC-BEB8-60E2C5F0ED0C--
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