Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:30:56 +0000 From: rb@gid.co.uk To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dropping firewire support from boot loader Message-ID: <8FAA2C39-3394-49A8-865D-CF580A3EB52C@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfq=-XXp-pJZmYyUHyN9GiVPKfKn8Rx7E33w4-WT1f=fdQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <D894955D-22EF-4EFC-B584-962742917B3C@yahoo.com> <CANCZdfoasP-FgLc5nsCXXa5Q7oi2EZk-s7MNWsaJjrn1AFtjfA@mail.gmail.com> <A1183C13-644D-4F4B-9BF2-0BB8A03CC9D3@gid.co.uk> <CANCZdfr5KLhWVtTsi7o6p14qACY3_fksHZzRtAL-K8B4zuAvzA@mail.gmail.com> <5E84C24A-E90F-4EE2-B054-EEDCC23DD6E6@gid.co.uk> <CANCZdfq=-XXp-pJZmYyUHyN9GiVPKfKn8Rx7E33w4-WT1f=fdQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, It doesn’t seem to work. Building with LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT doesn’t actually get libfirewire.a built but adding the subdir to the list fixes that. The resulting loader booted from a USB stick goes BTX Halted straight away. > On 12 Nov 2022, at 20:49, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 1:25 PM Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > Well, the kernel support ‘just works’ so installing on to a firewire disk is straightforward; just load up firewire.ko and sbp.ko, and the disk comes up through CAM. > > However, I couldn’t get the loader to see the disk; I don’t think this build of the loader includes the firewire bits. Not helped on my hardware because the BIOS doesn’t have firewire disk boot support. > > Firmware isn't built by default. You need a special build for that... what is loading /boot/loader? Not sure you could boot the system with it if the bios doesn't support it (except by having a tiny disk that the BIOS understands and using that to boot off the fireworks root). > > Warner > > Warner > > > On 10 Nov 2022, at 21:53, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > I've created a diff: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37334 > > > > Warner > > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 3:07 AM Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > On 9 Nov 2022, at 23:55, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 3:42 PM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote on > > > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:01:41 UTC : > > > > > > > I'd like to drop firewire support from the boot loader. It's not been used > > > > in quite some time, as far as I can tell. Nor have I (or anybody else) > > > > tested it in forever. > > > > > > > > Is anybody still using it? Does anybody know if it works? Any objections to > > > > removing it from FreeBSD 14? > > > > I think I still have hardware that will do this. I can check it out if anyone cares... > > > > > I would suggest that old PowerMac's might be the most > > > likely usage context. > > > > > > Right now, though, this is an i386 only feature... > > > > > > Warner > > > > -- > > Bob Bishop > > rb@gid.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > -- > Bob Bishop > rb@gid.co.uk > > > > -- Bob Bishop t: +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk m: +44 (0)783 626 4518help
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