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+efifb on Linux guest fails to load when using VGA passthrough
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+The EFI framebuffer fails to load when booting a Gentoo guest using ovmf + vga_passthrough.  I retested using they system rescue CD and saw the same issue, but also noticed that when a second framebuffer loads, nouveaufb in my case, the terminal appears.  I have also verified that the Gentoo min CD is not hanging at boot as I can type 'poweroff' after waiting a few minutes and the system responds by powering off.  I am unable to reproduce with seabios as I have been unable to get vga passthrough to work with that BIOS.
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+Steps to Reproduce:
+    1. Install qemu and ovmf
+    2. Download systemrescuecd-x86-5.3.1.iso
+    3. Run qemu using one of the configurations below
+    4. Select first boot option in GRUB menu
+    5. Wait 30 seconds
+    6. Press enter # System rescue is prompting for the keymap between steps 5 and 6
+    7. Wait 2 minutes
+    8. Observe fb console
+    9. Note lack of output until very late in boot process
+   10. Check dmesg
+   11. Note efifb failed to load (invalid address)
+   12. Note nouveaufb started late in boot process 
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+Expected Results:
+   The EFI FB to load and display output to monitor.  This is the behavior I see when booting the host system via UEFI.
+
+Actual Results:
+   The EFI FB fails to load and display output.  System fails to display any output until nouveaufb loads.  When booting using the Gentoo minCD, this makes the system largely unusable.
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+Additional information:
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+Tested using Gentoo's app-emulation/qemu-3.0.0 version.  Bug report: https://bugs.gentoo.org/669880
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+I also tested qemu at git commit 179f9ac887973c818b2578bd79fa3ed2522657d4.  Configuration log for the build will be attached.
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