Re: port-amd64/56870: Kern error: *Error* Unable to locate a BIOS ROM

["David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>]

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From: "David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-amd64/56870: Kern error: *Error* Unable to locate a BIOS
 ROM
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:58:01 -0400

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 On Thu, 2022-06-16 at 12:49 -0400, Richard Fischer wrote:
 > Dave,
 >=20
 > Here is an update summary.
 > =C2=A0* downloaded NetBSD-9.99.97-amd64.iso from the link you provided
 > =C2=A0* verified the SHA512 hash
 > =C2=A0* burned & verified CD
 > =C2=A0* rebooted from CD
 > The reboot hung, didn't drop to the debugger, with the final lines as
 > follows:
 > acpibat0: failed to evaluate _STA: AE_NO_MEMORY
 > WARNING: 3 errors while detecting hardware
 > boot device: unknown
 > [3.7418905] root device: acpibat0: normal capacity on 'charge state'
 >=20
 > Nothing else stuck out at this point, just seemed like normal hw
 > detection.
 > 3 lines prior to the warning there was a line related to CDROM drive
 > detection, boot device in this situation.
 > cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <hp=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 DVDRAM GU90N, M5FE8=
 751957, U901>
 > cdrom removable
 >=20
 > At this point I continued with <RETURN>
 > root device: cd0 <RTN>
 > dump device (default cd0b): <RTN>
 > file system (default generic): <RTN>
 >=20
 > The display output:
 > root on cd0a dump on cd0b
 >=20
 > Then nothing exciting for about 7 lines when:
 > {drm: netbsd: radeon_get_bios+0x480} *ERROR* Unable to locate a BIOS
 > ROM
 > radeon 0: error: Fatal error during GPU init
 > radeon 0: unable to register drm: 22
 >=20
 > Then:
 > init path (default=C2=A0 /sbin/init): <RTN>
 >=20
 > More output:
 > WARNING: system needs entropy for security;
 > panic: cnopen: no console device
 >=20
 > At this point I was tired of writting so I skipped the traceback info.
 > Let me know if you need that.
 >=20
 > Finally I got to the debugger
 > > dmesg
 >=20
 > ...
 > [1.0...] WARNING: module error: module cd9600 pushed by boot loader
 > already exists
 > ...
 > acpivga0: 0x0210 (acpiout1): Unknown Output Device, head 0, bios
 > detect
 > acpivga0: 0x0220 (acpiout4): Unknown Output Device, head 0, bios
 > detect
 > ...
 > [1.0573446] MEM (PNP0C01) at acpi0 not configured
 > ...
 > Firmware Error (ACPI): Attempt to CreateField of length zero
 > (20211217/dsopcode-181)
 > ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.HWMC due to previous error
 > (AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE) (20211217/psparse-580)
 > ...
 >=20
 > I also took some pics of the callback and reg values. They aren't the
 > best quality though, but let me know if you need them.
 >=20
 > Thanks,
 > Rich