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Date:      Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:12:24 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Kurt Jaeger <pi@opsec.eu>
Cc:        Rebecca Cran <bcran@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: UEFI, loader.efi and /boot.config
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfp=EkKKA%2ByBzMMUu01sjAV71g4XQxgeh8JWDvA%2B%2BngZww@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190118074802.GA54920@home.opsec.eu>
References:  <etPan.5c413a8a.7a8e2073.13b3@freebsd.org> <20190118074802.GA54920@home.opsec.eu>

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On Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 12:49 AM Kurt Jaeger <pi@opsec.eu wrote:

> Hi!
>
> > With a recent change I made for UEFI, we now install loader.efi onto the
> ESP and don???t run boot1. That means that /boot.config is no longer read,
> and so console settings need to be put in /boot/loader.conf
>
> Which change is that ?
>

Moving from boot1.efi to loader.efi. loader.efi never looked at it.
loader.efi honors the uefi env vars to set the console which replaces the
old way.

Warner

> 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?
>
> I have quite a few systems using /boot.config, but can cope if I know
> about this.
>
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