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Date:      Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:02:36 -0500
From:      Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bluestop.org>, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>,  FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Adding a new efi-update-loader script: need help understanding Makefile.inc1 for "make installworld"
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On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 8:38 PM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
...
>
> Right. We need a standard location (that maybe can be overridden, like you
> can with /boot, if you really want), and that's likely the first order of
> business. I don't think we should be second guessing, though. And we
> shouldn't be touching \efi\boot anything unless specifically instructed to
> do so. I'm deeply uncomfortable with guessing whether or not to do
> something...
>
> Warner

When I added /boot/uboot, primarily for powerpc, Ian suggested we
unify them all into /boot/bootfs, since ARM uses /boot/msdos.  With
the EFI partition now needed, I think /boot/bootfs is the better
solution, and the installer can pick the bootfs to mount there into
the fstab.

- Justin



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