On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 05:28:37PM +0100, adooc wrote: > > this is probably the same problem reported a few times already; the place > > we load the kernel overlaps the EFI page tables. > > > > no fix as of yet although there was a diff circulated a few months ago > > that seemed to fix it for some people. > > I did see the diff from 2021 for EliteBooks but that did not work for me. >
it was a lot more recent than that. 2025/03: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=174083545321786&w=2 (thats the first in a thread, read the whole thing) > I couldn't find any other diffs so hopefully that is the one you are > referring too. > > > I'm thinking its possibly a different offset is required? > > Am i right in thinking my best course to diagnose would be to use the boot > hex dump > > in order to find what memory is actually free and modify the diff > accordingly? > maybe, give it a try > > Also i read somewhere the machine mem command doesn't work for blocking > memory ranges on efi > that got fixed. it should work in 7.8+ if you reinstalled your bootloader (or just did a fresh install) > which from my testing seems to be the case but want to double check is this > correct? > > > I completely understand if no fix is being worked on but just curious if > anyone is or not? > nobody (as far as I know) has hardware like this to reproduce. it's probably a simple fix if someone provided that. -ml > > > > On 6/15/26 18:57, Mike Larkin wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 02:31:53PM +0100, adooc wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > > > > > Can you please verify this is not related to the expiration of the > > > Microsoft UEFI Secure Boot certificates that > > > > > > > will start happening this June 2026? > > > I have had secure boot disabled whilst trying this so that shouldn't be > > > affecting it? > > > > > this is probably the same problem reported a few times already; the place > > we load the kernel overlaps the EFI page tables. > > > > no fix as of yet although there was a diff circulated a few months ago > > that seemed to fix it for some people. > > > > > On 6/15/26 13:48, Tito Mari Francis Escaño wrote: > > > > Hello misc, > > > > Can you please verify this is not related to the expiration of the > > > > Microsoft UEFI Secure Boot certificates that will start happening this > > > > June 2026? > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM adooc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > I am trying to install openbsd and i am boot using BOOTX64.EFI > > > > > > > > I've tried booting using pxe and a usb stick and get to the same > > > > results. > > > > > > > > On two slightly older amd64 devices everything works fine. > > > > > > > > However, on a HP 430 G8 and a HP 630 G9 i get the exact same issue. > > > > > > > > I have tried with 7.7,7.8,7.9 and get the same result, see below. > > > > > > > > > > > > > probing: pc0 mem[636K 1047M 30904M] > > > > > > > > > disk: hd0* > > > > > > > > > >> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOTX64 3.69 > > > > > > > > > boot> boot > > > > > > > > > booting tftp:bsd.rd: 4227986+1770496+3891816+0+716800 > > > > [109+484896 > > > > > > > > > +336185]=0xae8b50 > > > > > > > > > entry point at 0x1001000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It then hangs at this point. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have tried boot -c but it hangs at the same point. > > > > > > > > As such any help on how to diagnose this would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > >
