This bug was fixed long ago, so long ago that I have no idea when!

Please close wiwth an appropriate status.


On Thu, 22 Apr 2021, Thomas Huth wrote:

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> ** Changed in: qemu
>       Status: New => Incomplete
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1743191
>
> Title:
>  Interacting with NetBSD serial console boot blocks no longer works
>
> Status in QEMU:
>  Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  The NetBSD boot blocks display a menu allowing the user to make a
>  selection using the keyboard.  For example, when booting a NetBSD
>  installation CD-ROM, the menu looks like this:
>
>           1. Install NetBSD
>           2. Install NetBSD (no ACPI)
>           3. Install NetBSD (no ACPI, no SMP)
>           4. Drop to boot prompt
>
>      Choose an option; RETURN for default; SPACE to stop countdown.
>      Option 1 will be chosen in 30 seconds.
>
>  When booting NetBSD in a recent qemu using an emulated serial console,
>  making this menu selection no longer works: when you type the selected
>  number, the keyboard input is ignored, and the 30-second countdown
>  continues.  In older versions of qemu, it works.
>
>  To reproduce the problem, run:
>
>     wget http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.1.1/amd64/installation/cdrom/boot-com.iso
>     qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -cdrom boot-com.iso
>
>  During the 30-second countdown, press 4
>
>  Expected behavior: The countdown stops and you get a ">" prompt
>
>  Incorrect behavior: The countdown continues
>
>  There may also be some corruption of the terminal output; for example,
>  "Option 1 will be chosen in 30 seconds" may be displayed as "Option 1
>  will be chosen in p0 seconds".
>
>  Using bisection, I have determined that the problem appeared with qemu
>  commit 083fab0290f2c40d3d04f7f22eed9c8f2d5b6787, in which seabios was
>  updated to 1.11 prerelease, and the problem is still there as of
>  commit 7398166ddf7c6dbbc9cae6ac69bb2feda14b40ac.  The host operating
>  system used for the tests was Debian 9 x86_64.
>
>  Credit for discovering this bug goes to Paul Goyette.
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