Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:05:32 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r264935 - head/release/amd64 Message-ID: <535ADC2C.50303@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmok2Th1OgbG5ngxVo2Z-EWZ_=X7Dv5Vr5%2B5xQQPG0A7Kzw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201404252111.s3PLB00Q043705@svn.freebsd.org> <535AD685.90606@freebsd.org> <CAJ-Vmok2Th1OgbG5ngxVo2Z-EWZ_=X7Dv5Vr5%2B5xQQPG0A7Kzw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04/25/14 15:00, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 25 April 2014 14:41, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> 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
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