Unable to UEFI boot 11.2 via pxeboot

[Timo Völker]

Hi,

I'm unable to boot up the amd64 11.2 via pxeboot using UEFI on a Dell PowerEdge R430. I get this output

https://ibb.co/h5ntuT

If I press a key to interrupt reboot, I get to the OK prompt. If I enter lsdev -v, it prints nothing more than "net devices:". The variable currdev is not set (show currdev prints variable 'currdev' not found). I configured pxeboot to be the one and only boot medium in BIOS setup. 

However, I found a workaround that works for me. If I put an (empty) USB stick in a USB port of the PowerEdge, it successfully boots via pxeboot (which is still the one and only configured boot medium). I then get this output

https://ibb.co/mU8SM8

With FreeBSD 11.1 pxeboot worked on the Dell PowerEdge R430, even without a USB stick plugged in. I couldn't test this with FreeBSD 12-current. Hope this helps anyway to find an open issue.

I found this thread which seems to be related.

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2018-July/070082.html

Thanks,

Timo
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