Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:39:27 -0700 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: boot loaders got fatter in the last few days Message-ID: <CAG6CVpUxrmsLg=UROqqo_SKmqrqJMTtqyrij63nxigb5eB=WPA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <56EC34CE.1000002@freebsd.org> References: <56EC2DD3.6050803@madpilot.net> <56EC34CE.1000002@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 2016-03-18 12:33, Guido Falsi wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have just update one of my machines and noticed the booloaders files >> got quite fat in the last few days, some by a big margin. >> >> on an updated machine(r296993): >> >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 85794 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/gptboot >> >> from a machine I still have not updated(r296719): >> >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 16059 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/gptboot So the loader grew 70 kB. How big are your disks? >> I noticed because mu gpt boot partition is 64K and gptzfsboot just >> passed 100K. > > This is a side effect of the loader gaining the ability to boot from GELI > encrypted partitions. > > ... > > Maybe we should be putting the GELI enabled boot blocks in a different > filename? I generally wanted to avoid creating a new version of each > bootcode with GELI support. I think we should just suggest that boot partitions be much larger than 64kB (1MB is still <0.1% of any disk sold today) and not worry about it too much. Embedded applications can disable GELI loader support to save a few bytes. Best, Conrad
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