Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:55:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45269 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201407131755.s6DHtnqm003599@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Sun Jul 13 17:55:48 2014 New Revision: 45269 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45269 Log: Add UEFI report. Submitted by: emaste Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Sun Jul 13 17:51:12 2014 (r45268) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Sun Jul 13 17:55:48 2014 (r45269) @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ?> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This - report contains 6 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + report contains 7 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between July and September 2014 is October 7th, 2014.</p> @@ -503,4 +503,67 @@ interested in!</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='kern'> + <title>UEFI Boot</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Ed</given> + <common>Maste</common> + </name> + <email>emaste@FreeBSD.org</email> + <name> + <given>Nathan</given> + <common>Whitehorn</common> + </name> + <email>nwhitehorn@freebsd.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI">&os; UEFI wiki page</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) provides + boot- and run-time services for x86 and other computers. For + the x86 architecture it replaces the legacy BIOS. This + project will adapt the &os; loader and kernel boot process for + compatibility with UEFI firmware, found on contemporary + servers, desktops, and laptops.</p> + + <p>Ed and Nathan completed a number of integration tasks over + the past three months. Nathan added a first-stage loader, + boot1.efi, to support chain-loading the rest of the system + from a UFS filesystem. This allows the UEFI boot process to + proceed in a similar fashion as with BIOS boot. Nathan also + added UEFI support to the &os; installer and release image + creation script.</p> + + <p>The EFI framebuffer requires the vt(4) system console — + a framebuffer driver is not implemented for the legacy + syscons(4) console. Ed added automatic vt(4) selection to the + UEFI boot path.</p> + + <p><url href="http://www.freebsd.org/snapshots/">&os; snapshots</url>; + are now built as dual-mode images, and should boot via BIOS + and UEFI. Our plan is to merge the UEFI and vt(4) work to + stable/10 to appear in &os; 10.1-RELEASE.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor>The &os; Foundation</sponsor> + + <help> + <task>Document manual installation, including dual-boot + configurations.</task> + <task>Implement boot1.efi for ZFS file systems.</task> + <task>Add support for UEFI variables stored in non-volatile + memory (NVRAM).</task> + <task>Debug boot failures with certain UEFI firmware + implementations.</task> + <task>Support secure boot.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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