Re: EFI issues

From: Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 21:39:55 -0400
Yes, I also had the same issue until I followed the suggestions given in
this email exchange. Thanks!

On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 8:35 AM, O. Hartmann <ohartmann_at_walstatt.org> wrote:

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> Roman Bogorodskiy <novel_at_freebsd.org> schrieb:
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> >   O. Hartmann wrote:
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> > > Am Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:09:58 +0400
> > > Roman Bogorodskiy <novel_at_freebsd.org> schrieb:
> > >
> > > >   O. Hartmann wrote:
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> > > > > Am Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:29:40 +0400
> > > > > Roman Bogorodskiy <novel_at_freebsd.org> schrieb:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a test box that's updated to -CURRENT usually once in a
> week or
> > > > > > two. This box boots using UEFI. After a regular update about two
> weeks
> > > > > > ago it started to panic on boot frequently (not UEFI related),
> but I
> > > > > > could not get a crash dump because my swap partition was too
> small. So I
> > > > > > moved data to the backup drive, repartitioned the main drive and
> boot
> > > > > > again. This went fine, so I decided to upgrade to fresh -CURRENT
> from
> > > > > > ~Jul 27th. Booting with the new kernel went fine, but after
> installworld
> > > > > > machine stopped booting, and on the screen I see:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > FreeBSD/amd64 EFI loader, ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > BootOrder: ....
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And then it gets stuck and nothing happens.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As I already have a fresh backup, I decided that it'd be easier
> to
> > > > > > just re-install and copy data back over (maybe I messed up with
> > > > > > repartitioning). So I've downloaded a fresh snapshot:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180726-r336739-memstick.img
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And re-installed. In the installer I choose all the same
> settings that
> > > > > > were before: UEFI + GPT, default partition scheme it suggested
> (efi
> > > > > > followed by freebsd-ufs followed by freebsd-swap), just
> increased the
> > > > > > swap size.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And the newly installed system won't boot just like a previous
> one:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://people.freebsd.org/~novel/misc/freebsd_efi_lookup.jpg
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a way to recover this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Roman Bogorodskiy
> > > > >
> > > > > Just curious:
> > > > >
> > > > > When I installed FreeBSD last time from the recent (2018-07-26)
> USB flash drive
> > > > > on a SSD, the freebsd-swap partition followed immediately after
> the ESP and/or
> > > > > freebsd-boot GPT loader partition. But in most cases I used to use
> ZFS for
> > > > > testing.
> > > >
> > > > When I reinstalled it yesterday from -CURRENT snapshot mentioned
> above,
> > > > in guided mode it suggested a similar partitioning schema that I use:
> > > >
> > > > =>        40  1953525088  ada0  GPT  (932G)
> > > >           40      409600     1  efi  (200M)
> > > >       409640  1803550720     2  freebsd-ufs  (860G)
> > > >   1803960360   148897792     3  freebsd-swap  (71G)
> > > >   1952858152      666976        - free -  (326M)
> > > >
> > > > The only difference it that the freebsd-swap size was 3.5G (and
> > > > therefore, freebsd-ufs is large), the order was the same.
> > > >
> > > > > Since I had my UEFI adventure of my own these days and received
> valuable hints
> > > > > from the development/maintenance team on some UEFI aspects, it
> would be of
> > > > > interest to know your recent hardware and, more importantly since
> I see the boot
> > > > > order presented in you screenshot, a dump of the efi variable
> settings. Just for
> > > > > curiosity. For that, you have to boot the recent USB flash drive
> image with
> > > > > UEFI-only, then logon as root and perform
> > > > >
> > > > > kldload efirt
> > > > >
> > > > > and then issue
> > > > >
> > > > > # efibootmgr -v
> > > > >
> > > > > In my case, it looks like
> > > > >
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > [ohartmann]: sudo efibootmgr -v
> > > > > BootCurrent: 0001
> > > > > Timeout    : 3 seconds
> > > > > BootOrder  : 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005, 0000
> > > > > +Boot0001* FreeBSD-12 \
> > > > >    HD(1,GPT,e1460941-e2e9-11e5-b913-d0509907ef09,0x28,0x640)/
> File(\efi\boot\BOOTx64.efi)
> > > > > \ ada0p1:/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi (null)
> > > > >  Boot0002* Hard Drive  BBS(HD,,0x0)
> > > > >  Boot0003* CD/DVD Drive  BBS(CDROM,,0x0)
> > > > >  Boot0004* USB  BBS(USB,,0x0)
> > > > >  Boot0005* Network Card  BBS(Network,,0x0)
> > > > >  Boot0000  FreeBSD-12
> > > > > HD(1,GPT,e1460941-e2e9-11e5-b913-d0509907ef09,0x28,0x640)/
> File(\efi\boot\BOOTx64.efi)
> > > > > ada0p1:/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi (null)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Unreferenced Variables:
> > > > > [...]
> > > > >
> > > > > Boot0000 is the same as Boot0001 and is defined due to some "bug"
> Warner Losh has
> > > > > fixed recently, it is the same as Boot0001
> > > >
> > > > Motherboard is (from dmidecode):
> > > >
> > > > Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
> > > > BIOS Information
> > > >         Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> > > >         Version: 0806
> > > >         Release Date: 02/20/2014
> > > >         Address: 0xF0000
> > > >         Runtime Size: 64 kB
> > > >         ROM Size: 16 MB
> > > >         Characteristics:
> > > >                 PCI is supported
> > > >                 APM is supported
> > > >                 BIOS is upgradeable
> > > >                 BIOS shadowing is allowed
> > > >                 Boot from CD is supported
> > > >                 Selectable boot is supported
> > > >                 BIOS ROM is socketed
> > > >                 EDD is supported
> > > >                 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
> > > >                 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
> > > >                 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
> > > >                 Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
> > > >                 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
> > > >                 Serial services are supported (int 14h)
> > > >                 Printer services are supported (int 17h)
> > > >                 ACPI is supported
> > > >                 USB legacy is supported
> > > >                 BIOS boot specification is supported
> > > >                 Targeted content distribution is supported
> > > >                 UEFI is supported
> > > >         BIOS Revision: 4.6
> > > >
> > > > Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
> > > > Base Board Information
> > > >         Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
> > > >         Product Name: B85M-E
> > > >         Version: Rev X.0x
> > > >         Serial Number: 140526238405585
> > > >         Asset Tag: To be filled by
> > > > O.E.M.
> > > > Features: Board is a hosting
> > > > board Board is
> > > > replaceable Location In Chassis: To be filled by
> > > > O.E.M. Chassis Handle:
> > > > 0x0003 Type:
> > > > Motherboard Contained Object Handles: 0
> > > >
> > > > 'efibootmgr -v' output:
> > > >
> > > > BootCurrent: 0004
> > > > Timeout    : 1 seconds
> > > > BootOrder  : 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004
> > > >  Boot0001* Hard Drive  BBS(HD,,0x0)
> > > >  Boot0002* Network Card  BBS(Network,,0x0)
> > > >  Boot0003* UEFI OS
> > > > HD(1,GPT,78459ec0-9303-11e8-97e6-98ded0009b1c,0x28,
> 0x64000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)
> > > > ada0p1:/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI (null)
> > > > Path(0,0,ae84b11df581724e85442bab0c2cac5c020000020000) +Boot0004*
> UEFI: SanDisk
> > > > PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0x1,0x0)/USB(0x4,0x0)/HD(
> 1,MBR,0x90909090,0x1,0x640)
> > > > VenHw(2d6447ef-3bc9-41a0-ac19-4d51d01b4ce6,
> 530061006e004400690073006b000000)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Unreferenced Variables:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > oh
> > > > >
> > > > > - --
> > > > > O. Hartmann
> > > > >
> > > > > Ich widerspreche der Nutzung oder Übermittlung meiner Daten für
> > > > > Werbezwecke oder für die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung (§ 28 Abs.
> 4 BDSG).
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> > > >
> > > > Roman Bogorodskiy
> > >
> > > The order of the partitions was simply an observation and from the
> "old days" with
> > > HDD as mass storage/boot storage with rotating platters it was some
> sort of important
> > > for the access latency where to position the swap partition. With NAND
> flash based
> > > SSD this became obsolete - so, please don't be bothered about that.
> > >
> > > - From my (non-expert) point of view, you UEFI variables look "normal"
> (according to
> > > what I see on my boxes at home), but I was wondering about the "aged"
> firmware of you
> > > mainboard. Checking out at ASUS' website/support, they claim they have
> a more recent
> > > firmare from 2018! This would be on par with the Spectre/Meltdown
> mitigation promises
> > > made by most valuable/reliable mainboard vendors and Intel:
> > >
> > > https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B85ME/HelpDesk_BIOS/
> > >
> > >  Version 3602 2018/05/25 7.29 MByte B85M-E BIOS 3602
> > >
> > > Since dmidecode reports on my ASRock crap mainboard also
> > >
> > > BIOS Revision: 4.6
> > >
> > > I guess this one is fake or some "default" from the dmidecode program
> not identifying
> > > the correct revision - or it's another semantic not known to me.
> > >
> > > But my dmidecode looks like this, with the latest BETA ASrock provides
> for this long
> > > time ago discontinued Z77 Pro4-board:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > # dmidecode 3.1
> > > # SMBIOS entry point at 0x000f04c0
> > > Found SMBIOS entry point in EFI, reading table from /dev/mem.
> > > SMBIOS 2.7 present.
> > > 26 structures occupying 1523 bytes.
> > > Table at 0x000EE7F0.
> > >
> > > Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
> > > BIOS Information
> > >         Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> > >         Version: P2.00
> > >         Release Date: 03/13/2018
> > >         Address: 0xF0000
> > >         Runtime Size: 64 kB
> > >         ROM Size: 8192 kB
> > >         Characteristics:
> > >                 PCI is supported
> > >                 BIOS is upgradeable
> > >                 BIOS shadowing is allowed
> > >                 Boot from CD is supported
> > >                 Selectable boot is supported
> > >                 BIOS ROM is socketed
> > >                 EDD is supported
> > >                 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
> > >                 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
> > >                 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
> > >                 Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
> > >                 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
> > >                 Serial services are supported (int 14h)
> > >                 Printer services are supported (int 17h)
> > >                 ACPI is supported
> > >                 USB legacy is supported
> > >                 BIOS boot specification is supported
> > >                 Targeted content distribution is supported
> > >                 UEFI is supported
> > >         BIOS Revision: 4.6
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Watch out the Version: P2.00 entry, which is indeed the version number
> of the
> > > firmware. So, in your case, the firmware is also a bit outdated, from
> 2014. I'd
> > > update the firmware prior to any further action if there are no
> obligations from
> > > hardware incompatibilities so far to meet the neccessity of lates
> Intel/AMD microcode
> > > updates and/or other UEFI vulnerabilities of which I have no active
> memories about,
> > > but they hit me 2015/2016 on our servers. There is no guarantee that
> the firmware
> > > update will salvage your problem, but that might be worth a shot.
> Also, ASUS mention
> > > to have solved performance issues with the latest firmware, please
> consider
> > > consulting the description of the latest firmware release.
> > >
> > > As the next step, as from my "naive" point of view, I would perform
> the steps
> > > recommended to me by FreeBSD's developers to set the UEFI variables
> again:
> > >
> > > Boot in UEFI mode from the USB flash device
> > > Logon as root
> > > mount -uw /
> > > kldload efirt
> > > mount -t msdosfs /dev/ada0p1 /mnt
> > >
> > > efibootmgr -c -l /mnt/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi -L FreeBSD
> > > efibootmgr -v
> > >
> > > Look for the "Boot000X" entry labeled with "FreeBSD", take the number
> portion of the
> > > that Boot000X variable (000X) and perform
> > >
> > > efibootmgr -a 000X
> > > efibootmgr -n 000X (this one is "extra" and can be ommited, it means
> "next boot", see
> > > manpage efibootmgr(8))
> > >
> > > and check again with
> > >
> > > efibootmgr -v
> > >
> > > The "maneuver" above is only in case the settings of UEFI variables
> has gone rogue.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > oh
> >
> > I've updated BIOS (which alone didn't change anything) and executed
> > commands you suggested, and it helped! Thanks!
> >
> > Now 'efibootmgr -v' output looks like this:
> >
> > BootCurrent: 0000
> > Timeout    : 1 seconds
> > BootOrder  : 0000, 0004, 0006, 0003, 0007
> > +Boot0000* FreeBSD
> > HD(1,GPT,78459ec0-9303-11e8-97e6-98ded0009b1c,0x28,
> 0x64000)/File(\efi\boot\BOOTx64.efi)
> > ada0p1:/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi (null) Boot0004* Hard Drive  BBS(HD,,0x0)
> >  Boot0006* Network Card  BBS(Network,,0x0)
> >  Boot0003* UEFI OS
> > HD(1,GPT,78459ec0-9303-11e8-97e6-98ded0009b1c,0x28,
> 0x64000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)
> > ada0p1:/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI (null)
> > Path(0,0,ef47642dc93ba041ac194d51d01b4ce65200650061006c00740065006b00
> 200042006f006f00740020004100670065006e0074000000)
> > Boot0007* UEFI: SanDisk
> > PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x9,0x0)/HD(1,MBR,0x90909090,0x1,0x640)
> > VenHw(2d6447ef-3bc9-41a0-ac19-4d51d01b4ce6,
> 340043003500330031003000300031003500340031003000310035003100
> 300039003000390035000000)
> >
> >
> > Unreferenced Variables:
> >
> > This is strange, because the only difference I see is that Boot0000 has
> > lowercase filenames ('/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi' vs
> > '/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI'). I'm wondering if that's the only reason it
> > wasn't working before?
> >
> > > - --
> > > O. Hartmann
> [...]
>
> >
> > Roman Bogorodskiy
>
> I'm glad to be of help. But it was a "wild guess", not experience or
> decend knowledge.
> Maybe there is an issue with recent UEFI/boot/stand implementation since
> this portion of
> FreeBSD is under heavy development or has been under such ...
>
> Ypu shpuld consider contacting Warner Losh or Toomas Soome (on the current_at_
> list, there
> is a thread entitelt "[UEFI] Boot issues on some UEFI implementations"
> started by myself
> targetting some weird FreeBSD/UEFI issues. Toomas Soome gave me the hint
> with
> efibootmgr(8) and I figured out by learning from the definitions, that on
> specific UEFI
> implementations, the boot path "/efi/boot/bootx64.efi" is considered the
> default for
> changeable media (like USB flash drives) and not necessaryly the default
> for SATA/SAS
> devices.
>
> I felt frank and free to CC some people form the list, hoping that could
> shed light on
> the issue.
>
> Kind regards,
> oh
>
> - --
> O. Hartmann
>
> Ich widerspreche der Nutzung oder Übermittlung meiner Daten für
> Werbezwecke oder für die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung (§ 28 Abs. 4 BDSG).
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