From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 22:05:34 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF31DE8F; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:05:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from d.mail.sonic.net (d.mail.sonic.net [64.142.111.50]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D279B1D00; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:05:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zeppelin.tachypleus.net (airbears2-136-152-142-25.AirBears2.Berkeley.EDU [136.152.142.25]) (authenticated bits=0) by d.mail.sonic.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s3PM5WKv011232 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:05:32 -0700 Message-ID: <535ADC2C.50303@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:05:32 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Chadd Subject: Re: svn commit: r264935 - head/release/amd64 References: <201404252111.s3PLB00Q043705@svn.freebsd.org> <535AD685.90606@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sonic-ID: C;LsxSuMXM4xGH2ZxB+Bh/TQ== M;hnd3uMXM4xGH2ZxB+Bh/TQ== Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" , Glen Barber , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , "src-committers@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:05:35 -0000 On 04/25/14 15:00, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 25 April 2014 14:41, 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? > Because BIOSes don't get enough testing. > > It's the same reason why I'm highly tempted to figure out how to teach > the installer to do MBR installs out of the box as well as GPT > installs out of the box, because I've found a bunch of BIOSes on > recent hardware that seems to assume GPTs == EFI booting, and just > plain don't boot your system. (And yes, it'd be nice to have EFI work > there, but there's still no i386 EFI support.) > The installer *does* do MBR out of the box. Just format the disk with MBR and press "Auto". It also does straight bsd labels in the same way. -Nathan