Re: Geli encryption issue on r362779

> On 30. Jun 2020, at 15:01, Thomas Laus <lausts_at_acm.org> wrote:
> 
> This is a repost to this list because of my submission email address did
> not match the one on record.
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> List:
> 
> I just upgraded a couple of computers from r362220 to r362779 and have
> booting issue on my Core2 duo laptop with the passphrase unlocking the
> encrypted partition.  If I type in the correct passphrase, my laptop
> reboots.  If I type in an incorrect one, it prompts me to enter another
> one.  On my i5 Skylake desktop, everything works as expected.  I had to
> copy an older 'gptzfsboot' file from a distribution CD to allow me to
> boot my laptop.
> 
> The Core2 duo doesn't have the hardware encryption feature and uses
> software emulation of AESNI.  The i5 has the hardware encryption
> feature.  Once I copied the old 'gptzfsboot' file to my laptop, it boots OK.
> 
> Tom
> 

The boot bits do not use hardware encryption at all, so it must be something else. Unfortunately testing it is a bit annoying and time consuming task, but we should go through it if we want to get to the bottom of the issue. It means, we need to insert printf’s to the code to see how far we get and why we end up with reboot. Please let me know when you can spend time with testing.

rgds,
toomas