Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 18:50:20 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46954 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201507121850.t6CIoKw9062801@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Sun Jul 12 18:50:19 2015 New Revision: 46954 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46954 Log: Add Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net>'s report on UEFI ZFS booting. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Sun Jul 12 18:41:14 2015 (r46953) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Sun Jul 12 18:50:19 2015 (r46954) @@ -248,4 +248,50 @@ </help> </project> + <project cat='misc'> + <title>ZFS Support for UEFI Boot/Loader</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Eric</given> + <common>McCorkle</common> + </name> + <email>emc2@metricspace.net</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <body> + <p>UEFI-enabled <tt>boot1.efi</tt> and <tt>loader.efi</tt> have + been modified to support loading and booting from a ZFS + filesystem. The patch currently works with + <tt>buildworld</tt>, and successfully boots on a test machine + with a ZFS partition. In addition, the ZFS-enabled + <tt>loader.efi</tt> can be treated as a chainloader using + ZFS-enabled GRUB.</p> + + <p>The work on <tt>boot1.efi</tt> also reorganizes the code + somewhat, splitting out the filesystem-specific parts into a + modular framework.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + <p>More testing needed for the following uses: ZFS with + GRUB+<tt>loader.efi</tt>, ZFS with + <tt>boot1</tt>+<tt>loader.efi</tt>, UFS with + <tt>boot1</tt>+<tt>loader.efi</tt> (test modularization of + <tt>boot1.efi</tt>)</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Have <tt>boot1.efi</tt> check partition type GUIDs before + probing for filesystems.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Get patch accepted upstream and committed.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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