Re: Loading splash ok -> <reset>, how to debug?

From: Tomek CEDRO <tomek_at_cedro.info>
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2025 16:05:12 UTC
On Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM Bjoern A. Zeeb
<bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> is there any good way to debug early kernel kabooms (or maybe efi loader
> handover) without JTAG in place?
> I have a SoC using U-Boot and often after a cold start it goes like
> this:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...
> Using DTB provided by EFI at 0x3e6c3000.
> Loading splash ok
> <reset>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Once it's been looping for a few iterations eventually it starts
> booting.
> Given there is zero output of the error, is there aything one could try
> to do to debug this (remotely)?
> I can netboot it and change laoder/kernel.

DDB? https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug/#kerneldebug-online-ddb

KGDB? https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug/#kerneldebug-online-gdb

over the Serial Port? :-)

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