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Bug #8978

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vidconsole is invalid for efi booted systems

Added by Steve Wheeler about 6 years ago. Updated about 6 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Jim Pingle
Category:
Console Menu
Target version:
2.4.4-p1
Start date:
09/30/2018
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Affected Version:
2.4.4
Affected Architecture:
amd64

Description

The loader values 'console="vidconsole"'or 'console="vidconsole,comconsole"'are invalid for systems booted UEFI where that does not exist. Instead console should be 'efi'.

That means if you enable a serial console on an efi booted system where VGA is primary you lose access to the boot loader menu.

See also: https://github.com/freenas/freenas/pull/1142 and https://forum.netgate.com/topic/136177/serial-console-on-uefi-minnowboard-aka-mbt-4220

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 #1

Updated by Jim Pingle about 6 years ago

Looks like we'd have to check like they did on FreeNAS, if sysctl -n machdep.bootmethod returns UEFI then we can set the video console to efi instead of vidconsole.

I'm not seeing any other reliable way to check if the boot console is efi.

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 #2

Updated by Anonymous about 6 years ago

  • Target version changed from 2.4.4-GS to 2.4.4-p1
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 #3

Updated by Jim Pingle about 6 years ago

  • Status changed from New to 13
  • Assignee set to Jim Pingle
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 #4

Updated by Jim Pingle about 6 years ago

  • Status changed from 13 to Feedback
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
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 #5

Updated by Steve Wheeler about 6 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved

Tested against:
2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Tue Nov 06 11:45:54 EST 2018

With serial console enabled loader.conf shows:

kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
boot_multicons="YES" 
boot_serial="YES" 
console="efi,comconsole" 
comconsole_speed="115200" 
autoboot_delay="3" 
hw.usb.no_pf="1"

No both consoles show correctly. No longer seeing the console error at the start.

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