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Date:      Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:45:07 +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:  <A0CD2280-7E61-456E-B197-792F37C4C546@me.com>
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Could you check the current with =
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337131 =
<https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337131>;

thanks,
toomas

> On 2 Aug 2018, at 15:32, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote:
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>> On 2 Aug 2018, at 15:08, Timo V=C3=B6lker =
<timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de <mailto:timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de>> =
wrote:
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>> 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)
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>> https://ibb.co/no8Fve <https://ibb.co/no8Fve>;
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>> Best regards
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>> Timo
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> the hint is about efipart_inithandles() returning 2, thats errno code =
for ENOENT. congratz, you have hit the corner case:D
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> 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.
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> rgds,
> toomas
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>>> On 31. Jul 2018, at 14:16, Timo V=C3=B6lker =
<timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de <mailto:timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de>> =
wrote:
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>>> Hi,
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>>> I'm unable to boot up the amd64 11.2 via pxeboot using UEFI on a =
Dell PowerEdge R430. I get this output
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>>> https://ibb.co/h5ntuT <https://ibb.co/h5ntuT>;
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>>> 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
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>>> 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
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>>> https://ibb.co/mU8SM8
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>>> 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.
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>>> I found this thread which seems to be related.
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>>> =
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2018-July/070082.html
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>>> Thanks,
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>>> Timo
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