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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 2020 14:29:11 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>,  src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>,  svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r368721 - head/stand/efi/loader
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On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 1:00 PM Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
wrote:

> On 12/17/20 2:49 PM, Kyle Evans wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 1:47 PM Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 12/17/20 12:02 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
> >>> Author: imp
> >>> Date: Thu Dec 17 17:02:09 2020
> >>> New Revision: 368721
> >>> URL:
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/368721__;!!OToaGQ!5c1mLnhtRtEV6Cv_MTWpzXWaGZEYYDp4TJ6wVDzjVZiehAItts7ZWC15uNnQYRa5Fg$
> >>>
> >>> Log:
> >>>     Drop EFI_STAGING_SIZE back down to 64M
> >>>
> >>>     vmware can't cope with anything larger than 64MB. Drop this back to
> >>>     64MB everywhere but arm.
> >>
> >> There were all kinds of booting problems before this was bumped up.
> >> In fact, I still have EFI_STAGING_SIZE=128 in src.conf because I needed
> >> it be be able to boot when using Nvidia graphics.  By reducing this, I
> >> feel like we're just playing whack-a-mole.
> >>
> >
> > IIRC those have long since become OBE as we'll now grow the staging
> > area to accommodate nvidia.
> >
>
> Ah, OK. cool!
>
> Thanks & sorry for the noise.
>

We added the 100 as a hack and then fixed the underlying problem. If 64
doesn't work for you, please let me know and I'll work with you to make it
right.

Warner


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