Issue encountered booting FreeBSD STABLE and CURRENT snapshots with EFI

[Joe Maloney]

I believe the problem may have been introduced with this commit:

https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/?view=log&pathrev=329114

I can build an 11-STABLE image prior to that commit, and I do not
exhibit the booting issues with bhyve using EFI.  That r329114 commit
does not build at all so I suspect it, or something after it involving
loader work based on feedback from other iX engineers.

What led me to start looking at this time period was this bug which
references a large merge that address the same issue for RPI3:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216940

Unfortunately now something causes that exact same "Failed to start
image provided by UFS (14)" error for BHYVE with UEFI.

Joe Maloney
QA Manager / iXsystems
Enterprise Storage & Servers Driven By Open Source


On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Joe Maloney <jmaloney at ixsystems.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> Today after we attempted to merge the latest 11-STABLE into FreeNAS we
> found an issue with EFI boot during the testing process.
>
> To narrow done the issue I have tested the following images:
> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180307-r330606-disc1.iso
> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/11.1/FreeBSD-11.1-STABLE-amd64-20180307-r330605-disc1.iso
>
> To summarize I setup a bhyve VM with EFI, and graphics.  Install with
> UFS, and ZFS work.
>
> After install during the boot the following message appears if ZFS is used:
> Failed to start image provided by ZFS (14)
>
> If UFS is used during the install here is what the message looks like
> on first boot:
> Failed to start image provided by UFS (14)
>
> Here is a screenshot showing the issue for ZFS:
> https://imgur.com/a/rQRck
>
> If bhyveload is used there is no issue booting.  From what I can tell
> it is only if the EFI firmware is used even with graphics mode off.
> This has affected both CURRENT, and the latest 11-STABLE snapshot
> which are linked above.
>
> I will be out of office at the end of the week for several weeks, and
> may be unable to respond to further replies right away.  Either way I wanted to
> make the project aware while others at iX look into this  Thanks.
>
> Joe Maloney
> QA Manager / iXsystems
> Enterprise Storage & Servers Driven By Open Source