From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 13 17:55:49 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5014A213; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 310462B15; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s6DHtnFH003600; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:55:49 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from gjb@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s6DHtnqm003599; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:55:49 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201407131755.s6DHtnqm003599@svn.freebsd.org> From: Glen Barber Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:55:49 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:55:49 -0000 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 @@ ?>

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This - report contains 6 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

+ report contains 7 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

The deadline for submissions covering between July and September 2014 is October 7th, 2014.

@@ -503,4 +503,67 @@ interested in! + + + UEFI Boot + + + + + Ed + Maste + + emaste@FreeBSD.org + + Nathan + Whitehorn + + nwhitehorn@freebsd.org + + + + + &os; UEFI wiki page + + + +

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.

+ +

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.

+ +

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.

+ +

&os; snapshots + 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.

+ + + The &os; Foundation + + + Document manual installation, including dual-boot + configurations. + Implement boot1.efi for ZFS file systems. + Add support for UEFI variables stored in non-volatile + memory (NVRAM). + Debug boot failures with certain UEFI firmware + implementations. + Support secure boot. + +