Re: Anyone know how to get FreeBSD on a framework 13 laptop?

Chris <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:33:36 -0800

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.current
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

This time with the attachments.
Sorry.

On 2025-12-09 23:35, Chris wrote:
> On 2025-12-09 22:34, Cy Schubert wrote:
>> In message <[email protected]>, Chris writes:
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>>> OK because I know you're going to ask... :-)
>>> 
>>> framework 13 laptop (MSI Crosshair 18 HX AI A2XWGKG-012US)[1],[2]
>>> CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 275HX [3]
>>> GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU with NVIDIA Optimus supported [4]
>>> LAN: Realtec RTL???? 2.5Gb
>>> WiFi: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211(2*2 ax)
>>> 
>>> I'm currently unable to boot any of 13.5,14.n,15.n or 16 on this laptop.
>>> On 13.5 it hangs on sc (syscons(4)?) connect...
>> 
>> Add this,
>> 
>> kern.vty=vt
>> 
>> to your loader.conf.
> Really appreciate your taking the time to reply, Cy.
> Just tried this. But same results. FWIW, I only saw the syscons message
> on 13.5. I've since made a 16-CURRENT from the kernel,base and lib32 
> archives
> that were on ftp.freebsd.org (now missing).
>> 
>> If you look at the sc(4) man page you will notice,
> I  know. :)
> 
>> As to how I got my Framework 13 (with AMD chipset) installed, I cloned
>> FreeBSD, including all data, from my HP 840, also running in UEFI mode,
>> changing fstab and rc.conf to customize a few things before booting the
>> Framework laptop. (The HP 840 also uses kern.vty=vt.)
> Close to what I did to get 16 on my framework 12. All the right bits weren't
> yet available at that time. All good now tho.
> 
OK after booting 13.5-16 FreeBSD and all the BSD versions I
could find. They all ended at either:

sc0 failed to probe on isa0

or

atrtc1 : Warning: Couldn't map I/O.

Which seemed to me, that I simply lost the CON at that point.
So since it rebooted some 3 seconds after that point. I looked
at the dmesg.boot on my framework 12 to see if I might determine
where/what triggered the reboot. Looked like it might be the
nvme. So spun up a live Ubuntu image. It gave me a desktop and a
dmesg[1]. But no nvme drive! The drive options in the UEFI are
fairly basic. Turns out the drive is handled by the Intel VMD
Controller. Neither Linux nor BSD understand/have drivers for
the VMD Controller. Only Windows. Interestingly, rEFIt[2] does.
So I found a keyboard macro that exposes some 300+ additional
options/suboptions: ~200+ CPU / ~100+ arbitration and turned
off the VMD Controller in the CPU. Now Linux sees and will
manage the drive if I ask it to. On a hunch, I decided to give
OpenBSD a try. Booted perfectly[3] w/o any problems! Would
happily install to the drive if asked to! When did OpenBSD
become more advanced than FreeBSD?

Here's hoping that the 2 dmesg files attached will help isolate
the problem. I'll happily perform any additional tasks requested.

Thanks for all your time and consideration!

--Chris
> 
>> To boot the Framework from install media, break to the loader prompt and
>> type in,
>> 
>> kern.vty=vt
>> 
>> Then boot. Install FreeBSD. Finally, make sure kern.vty=vt is in the
>> installed image's loader.conf before rebooting the image.
>> 

2.) https://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/

-- 
There is no such place as the internet

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obsd-dmesg.boot (text/plain, 10.6 KB)

OpenBSD 7.8 (RAMDISK_CD) #54: Sun Oct 12 13:03:06 MDT 2025
    [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/RAMDISK_CD
real mem = 33714446336 (32152MB)
avail mem = 32685981696 (31171MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 3.8 @ 0x62bb5000 (89 entries)
bios0: vendor American Megatrends International, LLC. version "E1841IMS.109" date 09/23/2025
bios0: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Crosshair 18 HX AI A2XWGKG
efi0 at bios0: UEFI 2.9
efi0: American Megatrends rev 0x50020
acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 6.5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT DTPR SSDT SSDT FIDT MSDM SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT HPET APIC MCFG SSDT SSDT UEFI LPIT SSDT SSDT DBGP DBG2 SSDT NHLT DMAR FPDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT TPM2 PHAT WSMT BGRT
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 19200000 Hz
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 275HX, 5282.59 MHz, 06-c6-02, patch 00000117
cpu0: cpuid 1 edx=bfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> ecx=77fafbff<SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
cpu0: cpuid 6 eax=dfcff7<SENSOR,ARAT,PTS> ecx=409<EFFFREQ>
cpu0: cpuid 7.0 ebx=239ca7eb<FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,CLWB,PT,SHA> ecx=994007ac<UMIP,PKU,WAITPKG,PKS> edx=fc18c430<MD_CLEAR,IBT,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,L1DF,SSBD>
cpu0: cpuid a vers=6, gp=8, gpwidth=48, ff=3, ffwidth=48
cpu0: cpuid d.1 eax=f<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XGETBV1,XSAVES>
cpu0: cpuid 80000001 edx=2c100800<NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG> ecx=121<LAHF,ABM,3DNOWP>
cpu0: cpuid 80000007 edx=100<ITSC>
cpu0: msr 10a=df9fd6b<IBRS_ALL,SKIP_L1DFL,MDS_NO,IF_PSCHANGE,TAA_NO,MISC_PKG_CT,ENERGY_FILT,DOITM,SBDR_SSDP_N,FBSDP_NO,PSDP_NO,RRSBA,BHI_NO,XAPIC_DIS,OVERCLOCK,PBRSB_NO,GDS_NO,RFDS_NO>
cpu0: 48KB 64b/line 12-way D-cache, 64KB 64b/line 16-way I-cache, 3MB 64b/line 12-way L2 cache, 36MB 64b/line 12-way L3 cache
cpu0: apic clock running at 38MHz
cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.0.2.0.1.0.1, IBE
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 120 pins
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PC00)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP01)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP17)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (BR25)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 1 (RP09)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP13)
acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP21)
acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 3 (TRP0)
acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus 128 (PC02)
acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP09)
acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP10)
acpiprt11 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP11)
acpiprt12 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP12)
acpiprt13 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP13)
acpiprt14 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP14)
acpiprt15 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP15)
acpiprt16 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP16)
acpiprt17 at acpi0: bus 129 (RP01)
acpiprt18 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP02)
acpiprt19 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP03)
acpiprt20 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP04)
acpiprt21 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05)
acpiprt22 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06)
acpiprt23 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP07)
acpiprt24 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP08)
acpiprt25 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP17)
acpiprt26 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP18)
acpiprt27 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP19)
acpiprt28 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP20)
acpiprt29 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP21)
acpiprt30 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP22)
acpiprt31 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP23)
acpiprt32 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP24)
acpiec0 at acpi0
acpiec0: Not running on HW-Reduced ACPI type 134
acpipci0 at acpi0 PC00: 0x00000000 0x00000011 0x00000001
"MSI0007" at acpi0 not configured
"ACPI0003" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0A" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0D" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
acpipci1 at acpi0 PC02: 0x00000000 0x00000011 0x00000001
"ACPI000E" at acpi0 not configured
"CUST0001" at acpi0 not configured
"CUST0001" at acpi0 not configured
"INTC1082" at acpi0 not configured
"INTC1084" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0E" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"INT33A1" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0C" at acpi0 not configured
"INTC10CB" at acpi0 not configured
"ACPI0011" at acpi0 not configured
"MSFT0101" at acpi0 not configured
"INTC1042" at acpi0 not configured
"INTC1062" at acpi0 not configured
"INTC1062" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0A05" at acpi0 not configured
"NVDA0820" at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpitz at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres at acpi0 not configured
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
0:31:5: mem address conflict 0xfe010000/0x1000
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7d1c rev 0x01
"Intel Graphics" rev 0x06 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xad03 (class DASP subclass miscellaneous, rev 0x01) at pci0 dev 4 function 0 not configured
ppb0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xae4e rev 0x10: msi
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
vendor "NVIDIA", unknown product 0x2d18 (class display subclass VGA, rev 0xa1) at pci1 dev 0 function 0 not configured
vendor "NVIDIA", unknown product 0x22eb (class multimedia subclass hdaudio, rev 0xa1) at pci1 dev 0 function 1 not configured
ppb1 at pci0 dev 6 function 4 vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xae4f rev 0x10: msi
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
nvme0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 vendor "Micron Technology", unknown product 0x5425 rev 0x01: msix, NVMe 1.4
nvme0: Micron_2500_MTFDKBA1T0QGN, firmware V8MA000, serial 25124F6F2C50
scsibus0 at nvme0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <NVMe, Micron_2500_MTFD, V8MA>
sd0: 976762MB, 512 bytes/sector, 2000409264 sectors
ppb2 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel Core Ultra PCIE" rev 0x10: msi
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xae4c (class system subclass miscellaneous, rev 0x10) at pci0 dev 8 function 0 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xad0d (class DASP subclass miscellaneous, rev 0x01) at pci0 dev 10 function 0 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xad1d (class accelerator unknown subclass 0x00, rev 0x01) at pci0 dev 11 function 0 not configured
xhci0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "Intel Core Ultra xHCI" rev 0x10: msi, xHCI 1.20
usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00 addr 1
"Intel Core Ultra TBT" rev 0x10 at pci0 dev 13 function 2 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xae7f (class memory subclass RAM, rev 0x10) at pci0 dev 20 function 0 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xae10 (class bridge subclass ISA, rev 0x10) at pci0 dev 31 function 0 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xae23 (class serial bus unknown subclass 0x80, rev 0x10) at pci0 dev 31 function 5 not configured
pci4 at mainbus0 bus 128
xhci1 at pci4 dev 20 function 0 vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7f6e rev 0x10: msi, xHCI 1.20
usb1 at xhci1: USB revision 3.0
uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00 addr 1
iwx0 at pci4 dev 20 function 3 "Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX211" rev 0x10, msix
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7f2f (class prehistoric subclass miscellaneous, rev 0x10) at pci4 dev 20 function 5 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7f68 (class communications subclass miscellaneous, rev 0x10) at pci4 dev 22 function 0 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7f7a (class serial bus unknown subclass 0x80, rev 0x10) at pci4 dev 25 function 0 not configured
ppb3 at pci4 dev 28 function 0 vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7f38 rev 0x10: msi
pci5 at ppb3 bus 129
nvme1 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 vendor "Kingston", unknown product 0x501f rev 0x01: msix, NVMe 1.4
nvme1: KINGSTON SFYRSK1000G, firmware EIFK51.2, serial 50026B7283BAF458
scsibus1 at nvme1: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd1 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <NVMe, KINGSTON SFYRSK1, EIFK>
sd1: 953869MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1953525168 sectors
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7f0c (class bridge subclass ISA, rev 0x10) at pci4 dev 31 function 0 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7f50 (class multimedia subclass audio, rev 0x10) at pci4 dev 31 function 3 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7f23 (class serial bus subclass SMBus, rev 0x10) at pci4 dev 31 function 4 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x7f24 (class serial bus unknown subclass 0x80, rev 0x10) at pci4 dev 31 function 5 not configured
isa0 at mainbus0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
efifb0 at mainbus0: 2560x1600, 32bpp
wsdisplay0 at efifb0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0
umass0 at uhub0 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Kingston DataTraveler 80" rev 3.20/1.10 addr 2
umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
scsibus2 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd2 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <Kingston, DataTraveler 80, PMAP> removable serial.0951172cE7B0113708D9
sd2: 118272MB, 512 bytes/sector, 242221056 sectors
uhidev0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "MSI MysticLight MS-1603" rev 2.00/5.00 addr 2
uhidev0: iclass 3/0, 8 report ids
uhid at uhidev0 reportid 1 not configured
uhid at uhidev0 reportid 2 not configured
uhid at uhidev0 reportid 3 not configured
uhid at uhidev0 reportid 4 not configured
uhid at uhidev0 reportid 5 not configured
uhid at uhidev0 reportid 6 not configured
uhid at uhidev0 reportid 7 not configured
uhid at uhidev0 reportid 8 not configured
"Chicony HD Webcam" rev 2.01/63.16 addr 3 at uhub1 port 8 not configured
"vendor 0x8087 product 0x0033" rev 2.01/0.00 addr 4 at uhub1 port 14 not configured
softraid0 at root
scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b
iwx0: could not read firmware iwx-so-a0-gf-a0-77 (error 2)
iwx0: failed to load init firmware

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