r316677:EFI boot failure: Can't load kernel
O. Hartmann
ohartmann at walstatt.org
Mon Apr 10 19:04:28 UTC 2017
Am Mon, 10 Apr 2017 21:59:00 +0300
Toomas Soome <tsoome at me.com> schrieb:
> > On 10. apr 2017, at 21:04, O. Hartmann <o.hartmann at walstatt.org> wrote:
> >
> > Am Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:14:21 +0300
> > Toomas Soome <tsoome at me.com> schrieb:
> >
> >>> On 10. apr 2017, at 15:58, Hartmann, O. <ohartmann at walstatt.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> After today's update to r316677, some UEFI boxes (Fujitsu Celsius M740
> >>> XEON) reject to boot properly. They die immediately after
> >>> loading /boot/loader.efi and jump into loader prompt:
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>> \
> >>> can't load 'kernel'
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I had to investigate with an USB flashdrive the filesystem, but
> >>> everything seems to be properly in place and installed.
> >>>
> >>> I need advice how to revive the system after this.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> hm, this implies that r316676 was ok? If so, the only logical conclusion is that it
> >> hast to do about the kernel size and if there is enough space in UEFI memory to place
> >> the kernel.
> >>
> >> You can fetch the current memory map from loader OK prompt with memmap command, I
> >> hope this will help to identify the issue.
> >>
> >> rgds,
> >> toomas
> >
> >
> > And?
> >
> > Regrads,
> >
> > oh
> >
>
> Well, the memory needed is starting from the:
>
> #define KERNEL_PHYSICAL_BASE (2*1024*1024)
>
> and it should be large enough for kernel. But it feels a bit like barking under the
> random tree; the problem is that the error is not telling us anything why it did
> happen:(
>
> This message you get is coming from sys/boot/common/boot.c, as part of the autoload
> sequence; did you try to load kernel manually with load command? also if you have old
> kernel around, does old kernel get loaded?
>
> rgds,
> toomas
>
>
>
>
I haven't done anything yet, since the accident happened when I left my bureau and I
desperately tried to examine on the fly what happened.
I'll be at the box tomorrow morning and I will check whether I can load the old kernel
manually.
I'll report in what happened.
Kind regards,
oh
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