Re: port-amd64/56534: uefiboot hangs when countdown should start

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/56534; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-amd64/56534: uefiboot hangs when countdown should start
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 06:47:44 +0000 (UTC)

 On Fri, 3 Dec 2021, martin%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 
 > Sometimes (but not always) when booting this machine the UEFI booloader
 > hangs - it shows the flag and the menu, and the countdown line, but the
 > countdown does not start ticking. The cursor is frozen at the end of the
 > countdown line.
 >
 
 This sounds like an UEFI firmware issue (maybe update/reflash it?).
 Can you:
 
 a) Set `EFI_INPUT_KEY key = { 0 };' so that a known key is always
     returned (sys/arch/i386/stand/efiboot/eficons.c:245); and more
     pertinently,
 
 b) Add a printf after WaitForSingleEvent() (same file, lines 257,301) to
     see if the bootloader comes out of those calls (esp. after 301) in the
     "hanging" case?
 
 -RVP