Console fails to boot after 2.4.4 upgrade

gregeeh

Hi all,

Just updated by MiniPC ( https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Braswell-mini-pc-M150S-with-2G-ram-8G-SSD-celeron-N3150-Dual-H-D-M/32533935685.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.262f4c4dPKAUMo ) from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 and now the console fails to boot. The Web GUI does however work just fine.

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TIA

Greg

Napsterbater

I'm having the same issue here, and have the same Intel N3150 Processor/GFX

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/135852/console-no-longer-working-after-upgrade-to-2-4-4/7

gregeeh

I too added those extra lines to /boot/loader.conf.local and got the same result as you. ie: A few extra lines but not a complete console boot.

Gertjan

Hi,

So you used an library file for your Ralteck NIC's that replaces the build-in Realteck support : /boot/kernel.if_re.ko (see other threads you used to install this driver).
This driver file was compiled for FreeBSD 11.1, and now the system is booting FreeBSD 11.2 ....

Several things can happen :
From : The new kernel rejects the driver library ...
Up until : system falls flat dead ...

Remove the institutions that make this driver load (edit /boot/loader.conf.local) and you'll be fine.

edit : the issue has been covered : https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/install/upgrade-guide.html#upgrading-from-versions-older-than-pfsense-2-4-4

gregeeh

@gertjan said in Console fails to boot after 2.4.4 upgrade:

Hi,

So you used an library file for your Ralteck NIC's that replaces the build-in Realteck support : /boot/kernel.if_re.ko (see other threads you used to install this driver).
This driver file was compiled for FreeBSD 11.1, and now the system is booting FreeBSD 11.2 ....

Several things can happen :
From : The new kernel rejects the driver library ...
Up until : system falls flat dead ...

Remove the institutions that make this driver load (edit /boot/loader.conf.local) and you'll be fine.

edit : the issue has been covered : https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/install/upgrade-guide.html#upgrading-from-versions-older-than-pfsense-2-4-4

The file was recompiled again using 11.2 and is loading correctly as can be seen by kldstat:

Id Refs Address            Size     Name
 1   10 0xffffffff80200000 2d9a7d0  kernel
 2    1 0xffffffff82f9b000 80f18    if_re.ko
 3    1 0xffffffff83211000 10a0     cpuctl.ko
 4    1 0xffffffff83213000 72b8     aesni.ko
 5    1 0xffffffff8321b000 c80      coretemp.ko

Hence I do not think this is the issue.

Gertjan

@gregeeh said in Console fails to boot after 2.4.4 upgrade:

Hence I do not think this is the issue.

Not this :

i915kms_load="YES"
drm.i915.enable_unsupported=1

?

gregeeh

Sorry, I do not understand what you are saying.

My /boot/loader.conf.local only contains:

kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
if_re_load="YES"

Also if_re.ko has been compiled using 11.2.

cjking

Experiencing the same issue here on a mini PC - possibly the same one.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230172

gregeeh

Added the following to my /boot/loader.conf.local and the console now boots up correctly.

kern.vty=sc

Edit: Before adding the above I noted the following in dmesg:

VT: init without driver

Napsterbater

@gregeeh said in Console fails to boot after 2.4.4 upgrade:

Added the following to my /boot/loader.conf.local and the console now boots up correctly.
kern.vty=sc

Yep, same here.