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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:21:27 -0700
From:      Scott Long <scott4long@yahoo.com>
To:        Rui Paulo <rpaulo@me.com>
Cc:        Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>, jhb@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r287934 - head/sys/boot/efi/loader
Message-ID:  <1F2C327F-433E-4FA6-A083-4565A32C1146@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <35a0f1b6-0236-4b0e-b919-00cab07429be@me.com>
References:  <35a0f1b6-0236-4b0e-b919-00cab07429be@me.com>

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As a side note, I=E2=80=99m still waiting for feedback on the patch I =
sent you for scsi_sg.  I=E2=80=99d like to get this fixed.

Scott

> On Sep 21, 2015, at 3:53 PM, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@me.com> wrote:
>=20
> No, that doesn't work very well.  Not only the modules don't =
auto-load, the way the modules are compiled is different.  See, for =
example, cam ctl which doesn't compile the sg code when it's built into =
the kernel, but compiles it when it's built as a module.  The sg code is =
currently buggy and causes insta-panics with GNOME 3 (perhaps the =
auto-mounter in hald (?)).
> --
> Rui Paulo
>=20
>=20
> On Sep 21, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>=20
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> Warner has been working on the modular kernel thing. But honestly, I
>> think we should just start biting that bullet and ship a modules-only
>> GENERIC by default..
>>=20
>>=20
>> -a
>>=20
>>=20
>> On 21 September 2015 at 11:02, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@me.com> wrote:
>>> So, we're going to keep ignoring the problem and keep patching =
things up?
>>> It's a bit sad that a single driver (pmspcv) is able to cause so =
much
>>> problems.
>>>=20
>>> --
>>> Rui Paulo
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> On Sep 17, 2015, at 01:36 PM, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Author: jhb
>>> Date: Thu Sep 17 20:36:46 2015
>>> New Revision: 287934
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/287934
>>> =20
>>>=20
>>> Log:
>>> The EFI boot loader allocates a single chunk of contiguous memory to
>>> hold the kernel, modules, and any other loaded data. This memory =
block
>>> is relocated to the kernel's expected location during the transfer =
of
>>> control from the loader to the kernel.
>>>=20
>>> The GENERIC kernel on amd64 has recently grown such that a kernel + =
zfs.ko
>>> no longer fits in the default staging size. Bump the default size =
from
>>> 32MB to 48MB to provide more breathing room.
>>>=20
>>> PR: 201679
>>> Reviewed by: imp
>>> MFC after: 1 week
>>> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3666
>>> =20
>>>=20
>>> Modified:
>>> head/sys/boot/efi/loader/copy.c
>>>=20
>>> Modified: head/sys/boot/efi/loader/copy.c
>>> =
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D
>>> --- head/sys/boot/efi/loader/copy.c Thu Sep 17 20:36:34 2015
>>> (r287933)
>>> +++ head/sys/boot/efi/loader/copy.c Thu Sep 17 20:36:46 2015
>>> (r287934)
>>> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
>>> #include <efilib.h>
>>>=20
>>> #ifndef EFI_STAGING_SIZE
>>> -#define EFI_STAGING_SIZE 32
>>> +#define EFI_STAGING_SIZE 48
>>> #endif
>>>=20
>>> #define STAGE_PAGES ((EFI_STAGING_SIZE) * 1024 * 1024 / 4096)
>>>=20




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