From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri Jan 18 14:34:45 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0A314A003B for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:34:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lev@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onlyone.not-for.work (onlyone.not-for.work [IPv6:2a01:4f8:201:6350::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C90923CC; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:34:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lev@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.23.186] (unknown [89.113.128.32]) (Authenticated sender: lev@serebryakov.spb.ru) by onlyone.not-for.work (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 25F4F8C40; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:34:42 +0300 (MSK) Reply-To: lev@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: UEFI, loader.efi and /boot.config To: =?UTF-8?Q?Olivier_Cochard-Labb=c3=a9?= Cc: Rebecca Cran , FreeBSD Current References: From: Lev Serebryakov Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Autocrypt: addr=lev@FreeBSD.org; 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WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DqnfNMdQ0nr0XsmdHLI2MNZ7sBhH1jrWY" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47C90923CC X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.96 / 15.00]; local_wl_from(0.00)[FreeBSD.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.998,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.96)[-0.960,0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24940, ipnet:2a01:4f8::/29, country:DE] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:34:45 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --DqnfNMdQ0nr0XsmdHLI2MNZ7sBhH1jrWY Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="C2oUOA8K5k9t2Z9Tg3T4THPnhLssB7FUx"; protected-headers="v1" From: Lev Serebryakov Reply-To: lev@FreeBSD.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Olivier_Cochard-Labb=c3=a9?= Cc: Rebecca Cran , FreeBSD Current Message-ID: Subject: Re: UEFI, loader.efi and /boot.config References: In-Reply-To: --C2oUOA8K5k9t2Z9Tg3T4THPnhLssB7FUx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 18.01.2019 17:03, Olivier Cochard-Labb=C3=A9 wrote: > > I was wondering if people will expect /boot.config to still be > read and so code should be added to loader to continue to parse it,= > or if loader.conf can be considered the correct place and > boot.config forgotten about? > =C2=A0Please, not, please support /boot.config. loader.conf could b= e too late > in case of serial consoles. >=20 > =C2=A0I wonder, why EFI/UEFI and GPt booting (which should be more = advanced) > is more limited than classic MBR/boot0 + boot1 + loader scheme :-( >=20 > =C2=A0Serial console support is worse. Selection of boot partition = is not > supported (as opposide to very-simple-516-bytes boot0!), and so on = :-( >=20 >=20 >=20 > Hi, > As an heavy nanobsd user on headless (serial/IPMI SoL) appliances, bein= g > able to early select the boot partition by MBR/boot0 and configuring > early message redirection (with boot.config) is very useful. > Not being able to do the same with GPT/EFI is the feature preventing me= > to upgrade my nanobsd image scheme. My case exactly. --=20 // Lev Serebryakov --C2oUOA8K5k9t2Z9Tg3T4THPnhLssB7FUx-- --DqnfNMdQ0nr0XsmdHLI2MNZ7sBhH1jrWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEE+W0coLX0MYtnSzMK6rA8WL/cR48FAlxB4/xfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEY5 NkQxQ0EwQjVGNDMxOEI2NzRCMzMwQUVBQjAzQzU4QkZEQzQ3OEYACgkQ6rA8WL/c R49igBAAtXPBDifQiqpnz4LSoJK/iv0bgdT1Vq8h1OjOXYEoZcAWdfD45/ZsMBcW 8ll0FF63Ry8+dUt+RoUJdACent6v8+TdCSTiGu+KI8zewAB0ZI/XgsgSkaQHfFLk WxLib84nstUy/NarSSc1Cr4ygCsfmjT9VGA1yJPCfVWccqByZ6Rs9Fjy7GOKrnrC Q88mDiRPIPfcQU+WngqY5M2ZWEOAt9PBCBmncS71uJMnicQcStUDUmyUoYxEtkdE mxJqgPlh/ejBh318qCaM7UZd6wHAEi/oVKyKHqy+9Su6xoEsw3RMjU9mDdOi92x5 3pfIsyCEK6tjiJ40zuTmUVszMrgzmnPHiAsigUjS0d2Sf/zPOIqZ0EMmfyQxk6Dw aHdxH/5+Zqs28v5TWtKl8mpolBxlGI73O7jgw/6kRu5qbEDIPTkLRJzvPfI2cZL/ YF3K6n3MgH4nwZoX3Z5vh8I8moml67zVIg18M9Ytz7zh5HGZMzT1usKlbCKVp5Y8 65YGjoJGCXgLsrhQPqKWUyG2asf2Es5F+DIFsNFw1L46I32yx/cQq0F2LS8vbmN2 wJwdLGKVAcyoMdKAVb6PyfGVmDaJd2Lfr9DWJeMGhP3wsH3IVs5AEthJEXYKG7Ty 1cNRwPlSi9202gglMC7JL3Nd4E4GE0v/GtDhFmtMPMm+hzU0JUg= =Sc+R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DqnfNMdQ0nr0XsmdHLI2MNZ7sBhH1jrWY--