Unable to boot OVMF on qemu-x86_64

Unable to boot OVMF on qemu-x86_64

[Prakhya, Sai Praneeth]

Hi All,

I am facing an issue booting OVMF on qemu, could you please help me?
I have cloned EDKII, and built OVMF for X64 using GCC5. I have followed the steps given at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/EDK2. Then I have used qemu-system-x86_64 to boot OVMF, but it fails, I don't see anything on tty0 of qemu. When I tried the same by changing to IA32 it seems working. So, could anyone please let me know what I am missing or maybe someone give it a try and see it it's reproducible or not...
I am using Ubuntu 15.04 as my build system.

Regards,
Sai

Re: Unable to boot OVMF on qemu-x86_64

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 04/18/17 07:29, Prakhya, Sai Praneeth wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am facing an issue booting OVMF on qemu, could you please help me?
> I have cloned EDKII, and built OVMF for X64 using GCC5. I have
> followed the steps given at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/EDK2.

"last edited 2012-11-16 20:22:59"

> Then I
> have used qemu-system-x86_64 to boot OVMF, but it fails, I don't see
> anything on tty0 of qemu. When I tried the same by changing to IA32
> it seems working. So, could anyone please let me know what I am
> missing or maybe someone give it a try and see it it's reproducible
> or not...
> I am using Ubuntu 15.04 as my build system.

Please try the instructions given under "Build Scripts" in
"OvmfPkg/README". (CC Jordan)

Laszlo

Re: Unable to boot OVMF on qemu-x86_64

[Jordan Justen]

On 2017-04-24 13:41:50, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 04/18/17 07:29, Prakhya, Sai Praneeth wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I am facing an issue booting OVMF on qemu, could you please help me?
> > I have cloned EDKII, and built OVMF for X64 using GCC5. I have
> > followed the steps given at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/EDK2.
> 
> "last edited 2012-11-16 20:22:59"
> 
> > Then I
> > have used qemu-system-x86_64 to boot OVMF, but it fails, I don't see
> > anything on tty0 of qemu.

Did you build with "-DDEBUG_ON_SERIAL_PORT=TRUE" to enable the debug
to go to the serial port?

Personally, I'd recommend *not* using DEBUG_ON_SERIAL_PORT, and
instead of looking at tty0, add this to the qemu command line:

-debugcon file:debug.log -global isa-debugcon.iobase=0x402

Then debug.log will contain the debug messages.

(BTW, thanks Laszlo for implementing this! :)

> > When I tried the same by changing to IA32
> > it seems working. So, could anyone please let me know what I am
> > missing or maybe someone give it a try and see it it's reproducible
> > or not...
> > I am using Ubuntu 15.04 as my build system.
> 
> Please try the instructions given under "Build Scripts" in
> "OvmfPkg/README". (CC Jordan)

Yeah. This is more up to date than the Ubuntu wiki. It also has the
debugcon info...

-Jordan

Re: Unable to boot OVMF on qemu-x86_64

[Richardson, Brian]

The Ubuntu wiki info isn't quite up to date. We're maintaining updated build instructions on the TianoCore Wiki:
https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Using-EDK-II-with-Native-GCC#Ubuntu_1604_LTS__Ubuntu_1610 
https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/How-to-build-OVMF

The README in OvmfPkg is going to be more up to date for OVMF specific info, but the wiki will have more general build info for different OS/compiler configurations.

Please let us know if you see issues with the wiki info so we can make updates. 

Thanks ... br
---
Brian Richardson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Software
brian.richardson@intel.com -- @intel_brian (Twitter & WeChat)
https://software.intel.com/en-us/meet-the-developers/evangelists/team/brian-richardson 

-----Original Message-----
From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Jordan Justen
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 6:57 PM
To: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>; Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
Subject: Re: [edk2] Unable to boot OVMF on qemu-x86_64

On 2017-04-24 13:41:50, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 04/18/17 07:29, Prakhya, Sai Praneeth wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I am facing an issue booting OVMF on qemu, could you please help me?
> > I have cloned EDKII, and built OVMF for X64 using GCC5. I have 
> > followed the steps given at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/EDK2.
> 
> "last edited 2012-11-16 20:22:59"
> 
> > Then I
> > have used qemu-system-x86_64 to boot OVMF, but it fails, I don't see 
> > anything on tty0 of qemu.

Did you build with "-DDEBUG_ON_SERIAL_PORT=TRUE" to enable the debug to go to the serial port?

Personally, I'd recommend *not* using DEBUG_ON_SERIAL_PORT, and instead of looking at tty0, add this to the qemu command line:

-debugcon file:debug.log -global isa-debugcon.iobase=0x402

Then debug.log will contain the debug messages.

(BTW, thanks Laszlo for implementing this! :)

> > When I tried the same by changing to IA32 it seems working. So, 
> > could anyone please let me know what I am missing or maybe someone 
> > give it a try and see it it's reproducible or not...
> > I am using Ubuntu 15.04 as my build system.
> 
> Please try the instructions given under "Build Scripts" in 
> "OvmfPkg/README". (CC Jordan)

Yeah. This is more up to date than the Ubuntu wiki. It also has the debugcon info...

-Jordan
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Re: Unable to boot OVMF on qemu-x86_64

[Sai Praneeth Prakhya]

On Mon, 2017-04-24 at 15:56 -0700, Jordan Justen wrote:
> On 2017-04-24 13:41:50, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> > On 04/18/17 07:29, Prakhya, Sai Praneeth wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > I am facing an issue booting OVMF on qemu, could you please help me?
> > > I have cloned EDKII, and built OVMF for X64 using GCC5. I have
> > > followed the steps given at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/EDK2.
> > 
> > "last edited 2012-11-16 20:22:59"
> > 
> > > Then I
> > > have used qemu-system-x86_64 to boot OVMF, but it fails, I don't see
> > > anything on tty0 of qemu.
> 
> Did you build with "-DDEBUG_ON_SERIAL_PORT=TRUE" to enable the debug
> to go to the serial port?
> 
> Personally, I'd recommend *not* using DEBUG_ON_SERIAL_PORT, and
> instead of looking at tty0, add this to the qemu command line:
> 
> -debugcon file:debug.log -global isa-debugcon.iobase=0x402
> 
> Then debug.log will contain the debug messages.
> 
> (BTW, thanks Laszlo for implementing this! :)

Sorry! for the late reply and thanks a lot for responding.
Yes, I have enabled "-DDEBUG_ON_SERIAL_PORT=TRUE" but thanks for letting
me know, I will use the debug.log method.

> 
> > > When I tried the same by changing to IA32
> > > it seems working. So, could anyone please let me know what I am
> > > missing or maybe someone give it a try and see it it's reproducible
> > > or not...
> > > I am using Ubuntu 15.04 as my build system.
> > 
> > Please try the instructions given under "Build Scripts" in
> > "OvmfPkg/README". (CC Jordan)
> 

Sure, I actually tried those and they work :) The issue, I think is
related to my specific dev machine setup (which runs Ubuntu 15.04).
Because, on two different machines running Ubuntu 16.04, I was able to
build and boot OVMF successfully on qemu (both x86-64 and 32-bit) and
the same image boots on my dev machine as well. I see the problem *only*
when OVMF is built on my dev machine. So, I will try to figure it out.
But, thanks a lot for the suggestions :)

Regards,
Sai

> Yeah. This is more up to date than the Ubuntu wiki. It also has the
> debugcon info...
> 
> -Jordan

Re: Unable to boot OVMF on qemu-x86_64

[Sai Praneeth Prakhya]

On Tue, 2017-04-25 at 12:13 -0700, Richardson, Brian wrote:
> The Ubuntu wiki info isn't quite up to date. We're maintaining updated build instructions on the TianoCore Wiki:
> https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Using-EDK-II-with-Native-GCC#Ubuntu_1604_LTS__Ubuntu_1610 
> https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/How-to-build-OVMF
> 
> The README in OvmfPkg is going to be more up to date for OVMF specific info, but the wiki will have more general build info for different OS/compiler configurations.
> 
> Please let us know if you see issues with the wiki info so we can make updates. 
> 

Thanks a lot! for the reply Brian. I am able to build and boot OVMF
successfully on qemu. The issue I mentioned was specific to *only* my
dev machine. I will try to narrow it down if it's my build environment
issue or maybe Ubuntu 15.04 issue.

Regards,
Sai 

> Thanks ... br
> ---
> Brian Richardson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Software
> brian.richardson@intel.com -- @intel_brian (Twitter & WeChat)
> https://software.intel.com/en-us/meet-the-developers/evangelists/team/brian-richardson 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Jordan Justen
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 6:57 PM
> To: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>; Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Subject: Re: [edk2] Unable to boot OVMF on qemu-x86_64
> 
> On 2017-04-24 13:41:50, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> > On 04/18/17 07:29, Prakhya, Sai Praneeth wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > I am facing an issue booting OVMF on qemu, could you please help me?
> > > I have cloned EDKII, and built OVMF for X64 using GCC5. I have 
> > > followed the steps given at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/EDK2.
> > 
> > "last edited 2012-11-16 20:22:59"
> > 
> > > Then I
> > > have used qemu-system-x86_64 to boot OVMF, but it fails, I don't see 
> > > anything on tty0 of qemu.
> 
> Did you build with "-DDEBUG_ON_SERIAL_PORT=TRUE" to enable the debug to go to the serial port?
> 
> Personally, I'd recommend *not* using DEBUG_ON_SERIAL_PORT, and instead of looking at tty0, add this to the qemu command line:
> 
> -debugcon file:debug.log -global isa-debugcon.iobase=0x402
> 
> Then debug.log will contain the debug messages.
> 
> (BTW, thanks Laszlo for implementing this! :)
> 
> > > When I tried the same by changing to IA32 it seems working. So, 
> > > could anyone please let me know what I am missing or maybe someone 
> > > give it a try and see it it's reproducible or not...
> > > I am using Ubuntu 15.04 as my build system.
> > 
> > Please try the instructions given under "Build Scripts" in 
> > "OvmfPkg/README". (CC Jordan)
> 
> Yeah. This is more up to date than the Ubuntu wiki. It also has the debugcon info...
> 
> -Jordan
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