Re: [edk2-devel] OVMF Issue with Netboot, VirtioRng, and both COM1/COM2 configured

["Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>]

  Hi,

> By analyzing the calls to the dispatcher (`gDS->Dispatch ()`) I found
> that when we only have COM1, EfiBootManagerConnectDevicePath() at some
> point invokes `gDS->Dispatch ()` after VirtioRng has started. This call
> will then get DxeNetLib loaded.

Ok, so it is probably a good idea to explicitly request a dispatch after
activating virtio-rng, so we do not depend on this happening by pure
luck for other reasons:

--- a/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLib/BdsPlatform.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLib/BdsPlatform.c
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ ConnectVirtioPciRng (
     if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
       goto Error;
     }
+    gDS->Dispatch ();
   }
 
   return EFI_SUCCESS;

[ untested patch, and we probably should do something similar for ArmVirt,
  /me goes continue walking through my email backlog now ]

take care,
  Gerd



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