November 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM, "Thomas" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Thomas%22%20%3Cexnihilo%40fastmail.org%3E > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > what firmware are you using? I still use the old EDK2 on external USB > > > drive. That way I cannot boot OpenBSD, HDMI works but it won't pass the > > > root device: step. > > > > > I think that it was stalling around that step too. Then I booted with > > bwfm disab > > led. I did not try this several times, so maybe it was just a fluke, I > > dont know. > > I performed all my installs with miniroot78.img dded onto the SD card > > and with > > out using other storage. > > > Actually this seems to have been coincidental. > > Today a boot also hung around mounting the root filesystem. My guess is that > it > may be due to a soft reboot and the sd card (I use a RPI branded card). > > Powering off with halt -p, removing the power cable and booting up got me back > in today. I also have issues with an Ethernet USB adapter from time to time if > I don't fully disconnect power. > > Another possible issue is the RX line floating on the UART headers. I was > booting with the probe attached and the boot was hanging. Plugging in the USB > cable (I had left the debug probe attached), the boot was stuck at the U-boot > prompt. Booting with the USB cable plugged in worked without issues. This > matches the behaviour described here: > https://marc.info/?l=u-boot&m=173504859119377 > > setenv bootdelay -2 > saveenv > > At the U-boot prompt does fix it for me and I can finally boot un-tethered to > my laptop. That command will mean that U-boot will never wait / abort boot and > reverting would need to mount the FAT partition and change uboot.env > > Hope this helps with 7.8 on RPI5. So in short my current (working) setup: > - disabled bwfm in the kernel config > - bootdelay -2 for U-boot > - when rebooting, powering off, unplug cable, then plug it back > > It's been running as a happy router since yesterday now. I just hit a page > fault under heavy network io: > halt -ppanic: uvm_fault failed: ffffff80008aac4c esr > > But that did not occur again. > Last night I tried the "disabled bwfm in the kernel config" trick, but just after issuing "boot -c" it hangs just as a normal boot on mounting root. I guess I will have to wait for the serial cable :( Using EDK2 I can run it over HDMI so far, just won't boot :) Patience is the key now, I guess. Thanks, matheus ------------ "We will call you Cygnus, The God of balance you shall be."
