Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:20:16 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r344418 - stable/11 Message-ID: <201902210620.x1L6KGnv018738@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <201902210348.x1L3meFu018887@repo.freebsd.org>
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> Author: kevans > Date: Thu Feb 21 03:48:39 2019 > New Revision: 344418 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344418 > > Log: > Direct commit for post-mortem UPDATING update regarding lualoader > > Indicate that it's been merged (after some delay since lua came back to this > branch) and how one can test lua, both by swapping build knobs and creating > links in /boot. > > Modified: > stable/11/UPDATING > > Modified: stable/11/UPDATING > ============================================================================== > --- stable/11/UPDATING Thu Feb 21 03:39:51 2019 (r344417) > +++ stable/11/UPDATING Thu Feb 21 03:48:39 2019 (r344418) > @@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option. > from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile. > > 20190220: > + Co-existance for Forth and Lua interpreters in bootloaders has now been > + merged to ease testing of lualoader. LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP, documented > + in build(7), may be used to control which interpreter flavor is used in > + the default loader to be installed. For systems where Lua and Forth > + coexist, this switch can also be made on a running system by creating a > + link from /boot/loader_${flavor}{,efi} to /boot/loader{,.efi} rather ^. missing And is not the direction of that link reversed? /boot/loader_${,.efi} -> /boot/loader_${flavor}{,.efi} is what I would expect the link to be for this. > + than requiring a rebuild. > + > + The default flavor in this branch will remain Forth. As indicated in > + the 20190216 UPDATING entry, booting is a complex environment; it would > + be prudent to assume that lualoader may not work for your setup and make > + provisions for backup boot methods. > + > +20190220: > zfsloader's functionality has now been folded into loader. > zfsloader is no longer necesasary once you've updated your > boot blocks. For a transition period, we will install a > > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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