rEFInd / Discussion / General Discussion: QEMU compatibility is broken with df5e38aac2a0478d147597934ee80ca279b775c4

Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2020-12-07

I had to bisect to find this, but basically this is the test case.
W10 machine hosting VMWare Workstation running F32.
If I then fire off a qemu instance , refind will hang.

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- Nikolai - 2021-01-19
  
  I also faced this with Linux host + Linux guest (both OS ALT).
  Moreover this could be easily reproduced with an official rEFInd CD booted under qemu:
  https://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.12.0/refind-cd-0.12.0.zip/download
  
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joevt - 2020-12-08

Does your rEFInd folder include any drivers? Try without those.

In the refind.conf file, maybe try defaults (compare with refind.conf-sample)

Or try hideui banner

Try RefindPlus project from github.
https://github.com/dakanji/RefindPlus

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dakanji - 2020-12-08

See https://sourceforge.net/p/refind/discussion/general/thread/4dfcdfdd16/

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- Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2020-12-08
  
  The only change I made from default sample was to set 'textonly'. I have not removed the banner. No drivers were supplied to the image.
  I'm not trying to work around this, just reporting the bug. I can use an older checkout.
  
  On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, 06:00:39 AM PST, Dayo dakanji@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
  
  See https://sourceforge.net/p/refind/discussion/general/thread/4dfcdfdd16/
  
  QEMU compatibility is broken with df5e38aac2a0478d147597934ee80ca279b775c4
  
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Nikolai - 2021-01-19

I'm wondering if just reverting the mentioned commit would be safe and sufficient workaround for the issue?
I tested it by myself with qemu, VirtualBox and real hardware (no issue was found), but other opinions would be appreciated.

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Roderick W. Smith - 2021-02-13

Please check the pre-release version described here:

https://sourceforge.net/p/refind/discussion/general/thread/09ef58e5a3/

It includes a fix of a memory management bug that is likely to be the culprit.

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Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2021-02-13

0.12.0.8 doesn't even start the banner. It hangs right away. I tried both your pre-compiled and git.

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- Roderick W. Smith - 2021-02-13
  
  I tried setting up QEMU and I couldn't reproduce this problem. Can you provide the exact qemu-* command line you're using, and a pointer to the UEFI firmware file you're using with it?
  
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  - Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2021-02-17
    
    qemu-system-x86_64 -device AC97 -vga qxl -global qxl-vga.vram_size=132710400 -smp cores=8,threads=1,sockets=1 -m 4096 -usb -device usb-tablet -enable-kvm -netdev bridge,id=br0,br=br0 -device virtio-net,netdev=br0 -serial stdio -L . --bios usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF-pure-efi.fd -drive file=thinstation.img,index=0,media=disk,format=raw --boot c
    
    On Saturday, February 13, 2021, 12:15:30 PM PST, Roderick W. Smith srs5694@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
    
    I tried setting up QEMU and I couldn't reproduce this problem. Can you provide the exact qemu-* command line you're using, and a pointer to the UEFI firmware file you're using with it?
    
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    - Roderick W. Smith - 2021-02-18
      
      I also need a copy of your firmware (usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF-pure-efi.fd). (I tried it with the firmware provided by Ubuntu and it gave me no troubles.)
      
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      - Nikolai - 2021-02-18
        
        FWIW: in attachment you can find an OVMF binary for OS ALT which I used to reproduce the issue with version 0.12.0
        I didn't test 0.13.0 yet. But I have a plan to do so.
        
        OVMF_CODE.fd
        
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Roderick W. Smith - 2021-02-18

Using the provided OVMF_CODE.fd file, I was able to reproduce the problem with rEFInd 0.12.0. It works fine for me with 0.13.0. If you continue to have problems with 0.13.0, please tell me and I'll look into it further.

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- Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2021-02-18
  
  I'm still having issues with 0.13.0 official binaries from sourceforge. Boot stops before banner. I have included the ovmf firmware I am using(nightly edk2), but I have also tried with older firmwares as well.
  
  On Thursday, February 18, 2021, 07:21:17 AM PST, Roderick W. Smith srs5694@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
  
  Using the provided OVMF_CODE.fd file, I was able to reproduce the problem with rEFInd 0.12.0. It works fine for me with 0.13.0. If you continue to have problems with 0.13.0, please tell me and I'll look into it further.
  
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- Nikolai - 2021-03-03
  
  Sorry for the late reply.
  0.13.0 doesn't work for me, but 0.13.1 does.
  
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Roderick W. Smith - 2021-02-18

Could you please try with this rEFInd binary:

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind-bin-0.13.0.1.zip

(The relevant change is in git, too.) This is a bit of a wild guess, but your symptoms are consistent with those of another bug report I've received, and the above version fixes that one, so maybe it'll fix yours, too.

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- Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2021-02-18
  
  No joy. Still stops pre-banner.
  
  On Thursday, February 18, 2021, 08:50:44 AM PST, Roderick W. Smith srs5694@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
  
  Could you please try with this rEFInd binary:
  
  http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind-bin-0.13.0.1.zip
  
  (The relevant change is in git, too.) This is a bit of a wild guess, but your symptoms are consistent with those of another bug report I've received, and the above version fixes that one, so maybe it'll fix yours, too.
  
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dakanji - 2021-02-18

Try RefindPlus and attach the debug log.

Just temporarily rename your rEFInd efi and name the RefindPlus file to match the original name.

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- Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2021-02-18
  
  The provided link was broken. I did manage to download RefindPlus 1200 AQ, and I used the DBG efi. Halts before any output is produced. No Banner, no text.
  
  On Thursday, February 18, 2021, 09:46:20 AM PST, Dayo dakanji@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
  
  Try RefindPlus and attach a log.
  
  Just temporarily rename yor rEFInd efi and name the RefindPlus file to match the original name.
  
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dakanji - 2021-02-18

Fixed the link.

The log, which would have been produced by the 0.12.0.AQ version as well, is saved in the EFI partition you are using.

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- Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2021-02-18
  
  Here is the content of the log
  
  0:100 0:100 Warn: MemLog was calibrated without ACPI PM Timer [Intel ICH device was not found.]
  0:100 0:000 Loading RefindPlus v0.12.0.AQ on EDK II Firmware
  0:222 0:122 Timestamp:- '2021-02-18 17:53:42 (GMT)'
  
  On Thursday, February 18, 2021, 09:59:30 AM PST, Dayo dakanji@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
  
  Fixed the link.
  
  The log, which would have been produced by the 0.12.0.AQ version as well, is saved in the EFI partition you are using.
  
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dakanji - 2021-02-18

Try the linked version.

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- Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2021-02-18
  
  https://dakanji.com/X105.BOOTx64.efi
  
  Still doesn't work for me.
  
  On Thursday, February 18, 2021, 10:17:47 AM PST, Dayo dakanji@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
  
  Try the linked version.
  
  QEMU compatibility is broken with df5e38aac2a0478d147597934ee80ca279b775c4
  
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dakanji - 2021-02-18

I edited the post where that incorrect link appeared to enter the actual correct link.
Go back to that post.

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- Donald A. Cupp Jr. - 2021-02-18
  
  Here are two different logs. I erased the drivers for the longer one.
  
  On Thursday, February 18, 2021, 10:28:31 AM PST, Dayo dakanji@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
  
  I fixed the post where that incorrect link appeared.
  Go back to that post.
  
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