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To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, 
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r266743 - head/sys/modules/geom
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On 05/27/14 06:21, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> Author: ae
> Date: Tue May 27 10:21:49 2014
> New Revision: 266743
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/266743
> 
> Log:
>   Disconnect the following geom classes from the kernel modules build:
>   BSD, FOX, MBR, PC98, SUNLABEL and VOL_FFS. They all have a modern
>   replacement. Also it is still possible build them manually.
>   
>   Discussed with:	geom
> 
> Modified:
>   head/sys/modules/geom/Makefile
> 

What about buggy UEFI firmware? I am writing this from a laptop running
FreeBSD that will absolutely not boot in CSM mode from a GPT-partitioned
disk. There is plenty of buggy hardware like this "out there". Could you
reconnect MBR and BSD partitioning schemes until UEFI loader is
connected to release builds (.iso media) please?

- Nikolai Lifanov