On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:39:16 +0100, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> wrote: > > u>From [email protected] Mon Nov 10 > 11:38:01 2025 > >Delivered-To: [email protected] > >DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=selector1; > >bh=vSo0MiWJz1 > > 6N1vagvHXOQapJoR48Tzyb1HFJ1UFdYDc=; h=list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe: > >> I had that issue on an Intel NUC when no monitor is > >> connected. Sysupgrade would timeout and not do the upgrade. > >> bsd is clever enough to get a console, but not bsd.rd. > >> > >> Since I had no traces of what exactly happened I gave up and brought > >> on of those HDMI terminators that fake a monitor. problem solved. > >> > >> I no longer use this macchine, but I still have it so I can do some > >> tests one back home. > >> > > > >Without attached screen it has bios_efiinfo->fb_addr == 0 that leads to skip > >efifb by efifb_match. > > And the key point is that the other console choices usually available in > the past (meaning vga) are not present either.
Here an example from /var/log/messages: Nov 1 11:03:32 werkstatt sysupgrade: installed new /bsd.upgrade. Old kernel version: OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #6: Sat Nov 1 10:59:08 CET 2025 [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP Nov 1 11:03:32 werkstatt reboot: rebooted by catap Nov 1 11:03:32 werkstatt syslogd[68363]: exiting on signal 15 Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt syslogd[16745]: start Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #80: Sat Nov 1 00:47:23 MDT 2025 Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: real mem = 205152702464 (195648MB) Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: avail mem = 198907777024 (189693MB) Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: random: good seed from bootblocks Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: mpath0 at root Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: mainbus0 at root Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 3.7 @ 0x97ede000 (31 entries) Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: bios0: vendor American Megatrends International, LLC. version "20.12" date 04/23/2025 Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: bios0: Hetzner B665D4U-1L Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: efi0 at bios0: UEFI 2.9 Nov 1 13:07:24 werkstatt /bsd: efi0: American Megatrends rev 0x50023 and I had email from Hetzner with access details to KVM at: Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:06:09 +0100 About a minute and 20 seconds which is enoug to sysupgrade this machine. -- wbr, Kirill
