Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:12:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47616 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201510182112.t9ILCLjb010657@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Sun Oct 18 21:12:21 2015 New Revision: 47616 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47616 Log: Add ZFS/UEFI bootloader report from Eric McCorkle Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Sun Oct 18 13:06:46 2015 (r47615) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Sun Oct 18 21:12:21 2015 (r47616) @@ -2896,4 +2896,46 @@ </help> </project> + <project cat='misc'> + <title>ZFS Support for UEFI Boot/Loader</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Eric</given> + <common>McCorkle</common> + </name> + <email>eric@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, as of the previous report. The ZFS-enabled + <tt>loader.efi</tt> can be treated as a chainloader when + using ZFS-enabled GRUB.</p> + + <p>During this quarter, several successful tests have been + reported on simple ZFS setups, using both <tt>boot1.efi</tt> with + <tt>loader.efi</tt> as well as GRUB and <tt>loader.efi</tt>.</p> + + <p>Successful tests have been reported for UFS with the + patched <tt>boot1.efi</tt> and <tt>loader.efi</tt> as well. + </p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Test reports are needed for more complex ZFS setups, + such as with log/l2arc vdevs, mirroring, striping, and raidz.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Pending successful reports, the patch needs to be + reviewed and committed.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> + </report>
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