From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri Jan 18 17:58:05 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 8DD5414A5C76 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:58:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lev@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onlyone.not-for.work (onlyone.not-for.work [148.251.9.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D22166B32D for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:58:04 +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 56B578C9E; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 20:58:03 +0300 (MSK) Reply-To: lev@FreeBSD.org Subject: GPT boot has less features than legacy MBR-based one (Was: UEFI, loader.efi and /boot.config) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Warner Losh 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="viSiXCfeEUue5PXsaugfhmvYQpSHEChOD" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: D22166B32D X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.98 / 15.00]; local_wl_from(0.00)[FreeBSD.org]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.98)[-0.977,0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24940, ipnet:148.251.0.0/16, country:DE]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0] 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 17:58:05 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --viSiXCfeEUue5PXsaugfhmvYQpSHEChOD Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="P4vIPnTjJB7nHAXhiikN7cAaR7GO6iGzz"; protected-headers="v1" From: Lev Serebryakov Reply-To: lev@FreeBSD.org To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Warner Losh Message-ID: Subject: GPT boot has less features than legacy MBR-based one (Was: UEFI, loader.efi and /boot.config) References: In-Reply-To: --P4vIPnTjJB7nHAXhiikN7cAaR7GO6iGzz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 18.01.2019 20:13, Warner Losh wrote: >> Also, there are same problems with GPT/BIOS setup (which uses GPT but= >> legacy boot) :-( >> >=20 > What same problems? I don't think we've touched how gptboot has handed = off > to /boot/loader in a long, long time. It there's an issue here, it's a > different issue. Ok, strictly speaking it is different issue with same "high-level" description: pmbr/gptboot has less features than simplest oldest boot0. pmbr/gptbood doesn't have any way to select partition to boot from, as "boot0" has. No, setting "nextboot" from live system is not a solution. I speak about NanoBSD situation when there is tow partitions, both bootable, one marked as "active" ("bootme" on GPT parlance) but it is completely broken and user need to boot from other one form very beginning. This task is trivially solved by "boot0" in pure-MBR case. What about GPT/Legacy and GPT/UEFI? --=20 // Lev Serebryakov --P4vIPnTjJB7nHAXhiikN7cAaR7GO6iGzz-- --viSiXCfeEUue5PXsaugfhmvYQpSHEChOD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEE+W0coLX0MYtnSzMK6rA8WL/cR48FAlxCE6JfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEY5 NkQxQ0EwQjVGNDMxOEI2NzRCMzMwQUVBQjAzQzU4QkZEQzQ3OEYACgkQ6rA8WL/c R49uFA/9F1uXMyQ/E8vKKeP6r41yomRgoy2emWubAptJREHC7T9Z0aexpHwG2qBX wd/Sq3I8unxTJFB96Mfqs2tWmZyg0wM9AAVGVgixFRG680/dlae1c4vB7x8YfeFm miMVFDqQwRHVWsPMZucJkSN0MbL2QR2c0qx0vA1HudfSCAe4q0icHuNazYYDOpOd SqvCqi1q/pNn2Uj/tmoBquywOfDtwup5bBSD9Gzt9eSwoqjgrz67If33n9CK81LB FBFBTUhzYFK+P0oB4oPcLLImmODog0NLS6yMSIUNGmVH2kmm9WcS52QCE9I0M3Zd UfvjsYl/5DRmbRUG9KMKleAjiNIB/1HR9fcVIPaVpENqyC5hsvWqmIk4Oncags8R 2fQ4sRq67fGyR5oyqOcooJMQp/FpwC244nIXrMHUqaqvhHJI8y0ThdfXHe3xRChl oiBu0xMU5WodVKeOgVC34qDEuxjHFDDalpJZ54THr3RQEFARVA/aHG5l7h+9CjpG 88Mv7JLBrtFLxcxjcJOqSpoDMgJu+bYGA1NLh7q0UyEIswi96sICHcN3jh3TtACH vJNzA0sReEyj2fYnCh1ODjQA8mLN8yBcMjS3BU+z+FQfLOyHG/fN3iscUWfnqrIY Ms72z/TR/vQ0mY2c1sTpYm0LomI7BigyS/EbyZTnjb4g4D6Gt/4= =T2VA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --viSiXCfeEUue5PXsaugfhmvYQpSHEChOD--