Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 10:02:58 +0200 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zpool upgrade and bootcode on 13-RELEASE Message-ID: <20210520100258.2680881e@bsd64.grem.de> In-Reply-To: <20210519193243.3fd82d19@bsd64.grem.de> References: <20210519153757.4e00e96f@bsd64.grem.de> <YKVGMhZrCLKPU8Kr@home.opsec.eu> <20210519193243.3fd82d19@bsd64.grem.de>
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On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:32:43 +0200 Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:09:06 +0200 > Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > Does this mean, re-installing the bootcode isn't necessary anymore > > > - or has the warning been removed by accident/as a side effect of > > > merging with OpenZFS? > > > > On the contrary, because of the switch from FreeBSD ZFS to > > OpenZFS, the bootcodes needs to be updated! It's unfortunate > > that no message is displayed 8-( > > > > That's too bad - maybe it would make sense to mention this in the > release errata? > > > The problem is, finding out which bootcode needs to go where etc. > > For the machines in question it was a straightforward legacy layout, > so that was easy enough (they came back up just fine - *phew*). > > Do you think there is any chance to get the warning back in there? > Maybe in a more generic way, like: > > In case you're booting from <poolname>, please make sure to update > the bootcode according to your partition layout. See `man zfsboot' > for details. > > Fun fact: That man page already exists (I had no idea), but could use > some love - e.g., add the EFI examples you gave. > > Best > Michael > PR: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=256024 -m -- Michael Gmelin
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