Re: loader.efi: boot loader menu becomes corrupted

From: Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:59:56 UTC
On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:

> cc the patch author too.
>
> I think its worth filing a bug for this so ShengYi can dig into it with
> you!
>

He'd already posted a review to fix it when you sent this :)

Warner


> thanks,
>
>
> -a
>
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 at 19:05, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM 内藤祐一郎 <naito.yuichiro@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> My boot loader menu becomes corrupted after upgrading to the latest
> FreeBSD-current,
> >>  as shown in the following image.
> >>
> >> https://yuisoft.com/freebsd-current/loader.jpg
> >>
> >> See my BIOS firmware version in the following.
> >>
> >> https://yuisoft.com/freebsd-current/bios.jpg
> >>
> >> After reverting the 32da2f23ae4d18888d34682b0ddb49ec80c0bb26 commit,
> >> the boot loader menu is printed normally. I'm doubting the commit
> relates to this issue.
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Warner
>