Re: FreeBSD OS installation stuck after selecting Boot installer

From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 01:18:05 UTC
On Jun 25, 2024, at 17:44, Anantharam, Arjun <arjun.anantharam@intel.com> wrote:

> I was able to make some more progress with the boot loader cmd:
> 
> set hw.uart.console="mm:0x2058400000,rs:2" 
> However, with the .iso image i ran into this issue:
> 
> <image.png>

That .png showed that you are tryin got boot 13_2_RELEASE_AARCH64_CD,
which has its 13.2 EoL on: June 30, 2024

You may want to try 13.3 or some other Release that has significantly
more time before its EoL (no support). (But you already tried a main
[15] build below.)

> And with the .img (memstick image) file, kernel panics were seen:

This is not a boot of the same release, in fact it is a
boot of main [15] from early June, instead of a release.

> OK boot
> Loading kernel...
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x318 text=0x97e6d8 text=0x2b4130 data=0x166e60 data=0x
> 0+0x370000 0x8+0x1652e8+0x8+0x196120
> Loading configured modules...
> can't find '/etc/hostid'
> can't find '/boot/entropy'
> No valid device tree blob found!
> WARNING! Trying to fire up the kernel, but no device tree blob found!
> ---<<BOOT>>---
> GDB: no debug ports present
> KDB: debugger backends: ddb
> KDB: current backend: ddb
>                    Type     Physical      Virtual   #Pages Attr
>      ConventionalMemory 0040e0000000 000000000000 002a0000 WC WT WB 
>                Reserved 004400000000 000000000000 00000700 WC WT WB 
>     RuntimeServicesData 004400700000 004400700000 00000100 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>                Reserved 004400800000 000000000000 00000c00 WC WT WB 
>      ConventionalMemory 004401400000 000000000000 00000c00 WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesData 004402000000 000000000000 00000400 WC WT WB 
>      ConventionalMemory 004402400000 000000000000 00011c00 WC WT WB 
>                Reserved 004414000000 000000000000 00080000 WC WT WB 
>      ConventionalMemory 004494000000 000000000000 0001a870 WC WT WB 
>              LoaderCode 0044ae870000 000000000000 00004000 WC WT WB 
>              LoaderData 0044b2870000 000000000000 00004000 WC WT WB 
>              LoaderCode 0044b6870000 000000000000 000000d0 WC WT WB 
>     RuntimeServicesData 0044b6940000 0044b6940000 00000020 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>      ConventionalMemory 0044b6960000 000000000000 0000000f WC WT WB 
>              LoaderCode 0044b696f000 000000000000 00000026 WC WT WB 
>                Reserved 0044b6995000 000000000000 00000046 WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesCode 0044b69db000 000000000000 00000185 WC WT WB 
>     RuntimeServicesCode 0044b6b60000 0044b6b60000 00000080 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>      ConventionalMemory 0044b6be0000 000000000000 00000001 WC WT WB 
>              LoaderData 0044b6be1000 000000000000 00000001 WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesCode 0044b6be2000 000000000000 0000003e WC WT WB 
>     RuntimeServicesData 0044b6c20000 0044b6c20000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>     RuntimeServicesCode 0044b6c70000 0044b6c70000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>        BootServicesCode 0044b6cc0000 000000000000 00000030 WC WT WB 
>     RuntimeServicesData 0044b6cf0000 0044b6cf0000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>     RuntimeServicesCode 0044b6d40000 0044b6d40000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>     RuntimeServicesData 0044b6d90000 0044b6d90000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>     RuntimeServicesCode 0044b6de0000 0044b6de0000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>       ACPIReclaimMemory 0044b6e30000 000000000000 00000010 WC WT WB 
>     RuntimeServicesData 0044b6e40000 0044b6e40000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>     RuntimeServicesCode 0044b6e90000 0044b6e90000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>     RuntimeServicesData 0044b6ee0000 0044b6ee0000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>     RuntimeServicesCode 0044b6f30000 0044b6f30000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>        BootServicesCode 0044b6f80000 000000000000 0000000c WC WT WB 
>      ConventionalMemory 0044b6f8c000 000000000000 00004110 WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesData 0044bb09c000 000000000000 00000d24 WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesCode 0044bbdc0000 000000000000 00000190 WC WT WB 
>     RuntimeServicesCode 0044bbf50000 0044bbf50000 00000040 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>      ConventionalMemory 0044bbf90000 000000000000 00000010 WC WT WB 
>     RuntimeServicesData 0044bbfa0000 0044bbfa0000 00000050 WC WT WB RUNTIME
>      ConventionalMemory 0044bbff0000 000000000000 0000000f WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesData 0044bbfff000 000000000000 00000021 WC WT WB 
>      ConventionalMemory 0044bc020000 000000000000 00003877 WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesData 0044bf897000 000000000000 00000021 WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesCode 0044bf8b8000 000000000000 0000003f WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesData 0044bf8f7000 000000000000 000006f1 WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesCode 0044bffe8000 000000000000 00000010 WC WT WB 
>        BootServicesData 0044bfff8000 000000000000 00000008 WC WT WB 
>      ConventionalMemory 004680000000 000000000000 00100000 WC WT WB 
>                Reserved 004400700000 004400700000 00000010 WB RUNTIME
> Physical memory chunk(s):
>   0x40e0000000 - 0x437fffffff, 10752 MB (2752512 pages)
>   0x4400700000 - 0x44007fffff,     1 MB (    256 pages)
>   0x4401400000 - 0x4413ffffff,   300 MB (  76800 pages)
>   0x4494000000 - 0x44b6994fff,   553 MB ( 141717 pages)
>   0x44b69db000 - 0x44bfffffff,   150 MB (  38437 pages)
>   0x4680000000 - 0x477fffffff,  4096 MB (1048576 pages)
> Excluded memory regions:
>   0x4400700000 - 0x44007fffff,     1 MB (    256 pages) NoAlloc 
>   0x44aea00000 - 0x44b0096fff,    22 MB (   5783 pages) NoAlloc 
>   0x44b6940000 - 0x44b695ffff,     0 MB (     32 pages) NoAlloc 
>   0x44b6b60000 - 0x44b6bdffff,     0 MB (    128 pages) NoAlloc 
>   0x44b6c20000 - 0x44b6cbffff,     0 MB (    160 pages) NoAlloc 
>   0x44b6cf0000 - 0x44b6f7ffff,     2 MB (    656 pages) NoAlloc 
>   0x44bbf50000 - 0x44bbf8ffff,     0 MB (     64 pages) NoAlloc 
>   0x44bbfa0000 - 0x44bbfeffff,     0 MB (     80 pages) NoAlloc 
> Found 16 CPUs in the ACPI tables
> Copyright (c) 1992-2024 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #0 main-n270625-9c5d7e4a0c02: Thu Jun  6 09:35:04 UTC 2024

That shows a main [15] build from early June, not 13.2 .

You may want to try 13.3 and/or 14.1 and/or 14.0 and/or
a stable/13 and/or a stable/14 .

The results may continue to vary and, may be, one or more
might work?

>     root@releng3.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/arm64.aarch64/sys/GENERIC arm64
> FreeBSD clang version 18.1.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-18.1.6-0-g1118c2e05e67)
> WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
> VT: init without driver.
> Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xffff000001455000.
> Preloaded TSLOG data "TSLOG" at 0xffff00000145e8f0.
> module scmi already present!
> real memory  = 16622788608 (15852 MB)
> Physical memory chunk(s):
> 0x000040e0000000 - 0x00004367411fff, 10859126784 bytes (2651154 pages)
> 0x00004401400000 - 0x00004413ffffff, 314572800 bytes (76800 pages)
> 0x00004494000000 - 0x000044ae9fffff, 446693376 bytes (109056 pages)
> 0x000044b0097000 - 0x000044b693ffff, 109744128 bytes (26793 pages)
> 0x000044b6960000 - 0x000044b6994fff, 217088 bytes (53 pages)
> 0x000044b69db000 - 0x000044b6b5ffff, 1593344 bytes (389 pages)
> 0x000044b6be0000 - 0x000044b6c1ffff, 262144 bytes (64 pages)
> 0x000044b6cc0000 - 0x000044b6ceffff, 196608 bytes (48 pages)
> 0x000044b6f80000 - 0x000044bbf4ffff, 83689472 bytes (20432 pages)
> 0x000044bbf90000 - 0x000044bbf9ffff, 65536 bytes (16 pages)
> 0x000044bbff0000 - 0x000044bfffffff, 67174400 bytes (16400 pages)
> 0x00004680000000 - 0x0000477fffffff, 4294967296 bytes (1048576 pages)
> avail memory = 16174551040 (15425 MB)
> Starting CPU 1 (10000)
> Starting CPU 2 (20000)
> Starting CPU 3 (30000)
> Starting CPU 4 (40000)
> Starting CPU 5 (50000)
> Starting CPU 6 (60000)
> Starting CPU 7 (70000)
> Starting CPU 8 (80000)
> Starting CPU 9 (90000)
> Starting CPU 10 (a0000)
> Starting CPU 11 (b0000)
> Starting CPU 12 (c0000)
> Starting CPU 13 (d0000)
> Starting CPU 14 (e0000)
> Starting CPU 15 (f0000)
> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 16 CPUs
> Enabling DIC & IDC ICache sync
> Enabling LSE atomics in the kernel
> random: no preloaded entropy cache
> random: no platform bootloader entropy
> arc4random: WARNING: initial seeding bypassed the cryptographic random device because it was not yet seeded and the knob 'bypass_before_seeding' was enabled.
> VIMAGE (virtualized network stack) enabled
> hostuuid: using 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
> ULE: setup cpu 0
> ULE: setup cpu 1
> ULE: setup cpu 2
> ULE: setup cpu 3
> ULE: setup cpu 4
> ULE: setup cpu 5
> ULE: setup cpu 6
> ULE: setup cpu 7
> ULE: setup cpu 8
> ULE: setup cpu 9
> ULE: setup cpu 10
> ULE: setup cpu 11
> ULE: setup cpu 12
> ULE: setup cpu 13
> ULE: setup cpu 14
> ULE: setup cpu 15
> random: entropy device external interface
> feeder_register: snd_unit=-1 snd_maxautovchans=16 latency=2 feeder_rate_min=1 feeder_rate_max=2016000 feeder_rate_round=25
> firmware: 'tegra210_xusb_fw' version 0: 132608 bytes loaded at 0xffff000000b0d170
> MAP 4400700000 mode 2 pages 256
> MAP 44b6940000 mode 2 pages 32
> MAP 44b6b60000 mode 2 pages 128
> MAP 44b6c20000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44b6c70000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44b6cf0000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44b6d40000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44b6d90000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44b6de0000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44b6e40000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44b6e90000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44b6ee0000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44b6f30000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 44bbf50000 mode 2 pages 64
> MAP 44bbfa0000 mode 2 pages 80
> MAP 4400700000 mode 2 pages 16
> panic: efi_1t1_l3: Already mapped: va 0x4400700000 *pt 0x4400700f0b

I'll note the earlier:

                   Type     Physical      Virtual   #Pages Attr
. . .
    RuntimeServicesData 004400700000 004400700000 00000100 WC WT WB RUNTIME
. . .
Physical memory chunk(s):
. . .
  0x00004401400000 - 0x00004413ffffff, 314572800 bytes (76800 pages)
. . .
Excluded memory regions:
  0x4400700000 - 0x44007fffff,     1 MB (    256 pages) NoAlloc 
. . .

> cpuid = 0
> time = 1
> KDB: stack backtrace:
> db_trace_self() at db_trace_self
> db_trace_self_wrapper() at db_trace_self_wrapper+0x38
> vpanic() at vpanic+0x1ac
> panic() at panic+0x48
> efi_create_1t1_map() at efi_create_1t1_map+0x400
> efirt_modevents() at efirt_modevents+0x110
> module_register_init() at module_register_init+0xb4
> mi_startup() at mi_startup+0x1e0
> virtdone() at virtdone+0x68
> KDB: enter: panic
> [ thread pid 0 tid 100000 ]
> 
> Thanks,
> Arjun


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Mark Millard
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