Re: Why doesn't the EFI boot loader want to display the graphical orb logo in its boot menu on an Asus Prime 7590-P motherboard?

I don't want to go through the hassle of filling a bug with my vendor. I
will just wait for you, guys, to update the stand implementation. Thank you
for explaining to me what causes this issue.

On Fri, May 12, 2023, 8:02 AM Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote:

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> On 12. May 2023, at 14:45, Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I run the latest uefi bios firmware available for my motherboard. So, in
> your opinion, there is something wrong with it? Is this problem somehow
> related to this problem:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/stable@freebsd.org/msg00235.html ? As I
> mentioned earlier, my motherboard is Asus Prime 7590-P Wifi. The PC is
> connected to my monitor and there is absolutely nothing connected to the
> PC's serial port. If there is a bug in my motherboard's UEFI
> implementation, is it possible to add code to the stand implementation of
> FreeBSD that will find a way around this bug?.. Please think of
> something... I definitely want to see the graphical orb logo in the FreeBSD
> boot menu!
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> The UEFI specification does describe those variables, but I have not seen
> them noted to be required to be present. They *usually* are present. So, if
> you have latest firmware and have option to file the bug with vendor, it is
> good idea to do so.
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> Anyhow, as Warner already wrote, we actually have option to check ConIn
> for presence of serial port too, so we should do that - it will just take a
> bit of time.
>
> rgds,
> toomas
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> On Fri, May 12, 2023, 6:55 AM Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote:
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>> On 12. May 2023, at 13:41, Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> There is only one monitor connected to my PC.
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>> Multiple monitors is definitely not an issue in your case (the missing
>> ConOut and the decision chain based on it is the root cause). What you can
>> do, is to check if there is firmware update from system vendor, that may
>> fix the missing ConOut.
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>> rgds,
>> toomas
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>> On Fri, May 12, 2023, 1:06 AM Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 12 May 2023 00:20:47 +0300
>>> Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote:
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>>> > > On 12. May 2023, at 00:11, Oleg Lelchuk <oleglelchuk@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Guys, there is something that I find puzzling. Why doesn't the EFI
>>> boot loader want to display the graphical orb logo in its boot menu on an
>>> Asus Prime 7590-P motherboard? Is there something quirky about this
>>> particular motherboard that forces the FreeBSD EFI loader to display the
>>> old style ASCII orb logo in its boot menu? Please explain to me the cause
>>> of this problem and if possible, give me a solution to it.
>>> >
>>> > There can be two reasons. One is that resolution is low and there is
>>> no space to put the image on. Second one is that the screen is forced to
>>> use ?text? mode, which happens when system has configured to have serial
>>> console (redirection).
>>> >
>>> > rgds,
>>> > toomas
>>>
>>>  There is a third reason : you have multiple screens and EFI firmware
>>> output on all of them. Never took the time to dig into this one.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>
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