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misc/59193: clear=0 in boot.cfg doesn't work with EFI evbarm
>Number: 59193
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: clear=0 in boot.cfg doesn't work with EFI evbarm
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 17 22:30:00 +0000 2025
>Originator: Lloyd Parkes
>Release: 10.99.12
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD armv7 10.99.12 NetBSD 10.99.12 (GENERIC) #9: Sun Mar 16 10:35:15 NZDT 2025 lloyd%cartographer.must-have-coffee.gen.nz@localhost:/home/lloyd/NetBSD/build/hg/pinctrl2/objdir.evbarmv7-el/sys/arch/evbarm/compile/GENERIC evbarm
>Description:
On the evbarm platform the option to avoid clearing the screen doesn't work.
The NetBSD EFI bootloader unconditionally calls the EFI console reset function. The U-Boot EFI console code for the serial console has the obnoxious behaviour of clearing the screen and setting custom colours that the author thought were appropriate for my computer.
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot an evbarm system via EFI with clear=0 in boot.cfg.
>Fix:
Remove the console reset call from the NetBSD EFI bootloader.
This will work fine on all evbarm with a serial console.
I expect it to work fine on PCs.
Maybe it will work fine on evbarm systems with a graphical console.
Goodness only knows what will happen on a Mac.
These will all need to be tested.
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