Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:46:46 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r264935 - head/release/amd64 Message-ID: <535AD7C6.9030802@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20140425214454.GA1231@glenbarber.us> References: <201404252111.s3PLB00Q043705@svn.freebsd.org> <535AD685.90606@freebsd.org> <20140425214454.GA1231@glenbarber.us>
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On 04/25/14 14:44, Glen Barber wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 02:41:25PM -0700, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> On 04/25/14 14:11, Glen Barber wrote: >>> Author: gjb >>> Date: Fri Apr 25 21:11:00 2014 >>> New Revision: 264935 >>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/264935 >>> >>> Log: >>> Add a separate script to build the memstick.img and the >>> mini-memstick.img with UEFI support. >>> As the comments in the file suggest, 1) there must >>> be existing ${.OBJDIR}/usr/src/release/{release,bootonly}; >>> 2) TARGET/TARGET_ARCH must be amd64; and 3) it must be >>> a vt(4)-enabled kernel with vt_efifb (*not* vt_vga). >>> This script is not hooked into release/Makefile in any way >>> until further testing is complete. >>> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation >>> >>> Added: >>> head/release/amd64/make-uefi-memstick.sh (contents, props changed) >>> >>> >> I understand this is for testing, but is there any reason we can't just have >> one GPT memstick that boots both BIOS and EFI eventually? Or is that the >> plan already? > That is the end goal, and this script does produce both. I just don't > entirely trust this script yet. > > Glen > I appreciate the caution. Thanks for the clarification! I'm planning to get EFI support into the installer this weekend. -Nathan
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