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Date:      Mon, 6 Mar 2017 00:40:58 +0000
From:      Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
To:        Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>, Alex Deiter <alex.deiter@gmail.com>
Cc:        Michael Tuexen <tuexen@fh-muenster.de>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "dexuan@freebsd.org" <dexuan@freebsd.org>, "marcel@freebsd.org" <marcel@freebsd.org>, "kib@freebsd.org" <kib@freebsd.org>, Sepherosa Ziehau <sephe@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Boot failure - svn up from this morning
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> From: Chris H [mailto:bsd-lists@bsdforge.com]
> OK copying the boot.efi from the install DVD will only
> hose the system (EFI).
Do you mean copying the boot.efi from the install DVD doesn't work?
If so we need to build a good boot.efi with the CURRENT code + reverting
the offending commit.

> So how long till (u)efi is again supported on FreeBSD?
> Sorry for the frustration. But getting a working FreeBSD
> on this system has become an unusually long, and expensive
> process, this time around -- even for CURRENT.
> 
> --Chris

I think EFI boot has been supported by FreeBSD for years and it's only
broken since last Thursday by my patch... Sorry. Let's make it
right soon, once I understand why the patch breaks it  by checking
the memory maps on your system.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan

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