Re: loader.efi: boot loader menu becomes corrupted

From: Adrian Chadd <adrian_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:51:44 UTC 
cc the patch author too.

I think its worth filing a bug for this so ShengYi can dig into it with you!

thanks,


-a

On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 at 19:05, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM 内藤祐一郎 <naito.yuichiro@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My boot loader menu becomes corrupted after upgrading to the latest FreeBSD-current,
>>  as shown in the following image.
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>> https://yuisoft.com/freebsd-current/loader.jpg
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>> See my BIOS firmware version in the following.
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>> https://yuisoft.com/freebsd-current/bios.jpg
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>> After reverting the 32da2f23ae4d18888d34682b0ddb49ec80c0bb26 commit,
>> the boot loader menu is printed normally. I'm doubting the commit relates to this issue.
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> I think this may be exactly the commit that's the problem. It is an optimization that's supposed
> to make booting faster, but I'm guessing it improperly applies the optiimization (or incorrectly)
> on your laptop.
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> Warner