Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:42:36 -0400 From: Nikolai Lifanov <lifanov@mail.lifanov.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loaders got fatter in the last few days Message-ID: <56EC3E0C.2080507@mail.lifanov.com> In-Reply-To: <56EC34CE.1000002@freebsd.org> References: <56EC2DD3.6050803@madpilot.net> <56EC34CE.1000002@freebsd.org>
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On 03/18/16 13:03, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2016-03-18 12:33, Guido Falsi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have just update one of my machines and noticed the booloaders files >> got quite fat in the last few days, some by a big margin. >> >> on an updated machine(r296993): >> >>> ls -l /boot/*boot* >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 8192 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/boot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/boot0 >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/boot0sio >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/boot1 >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 72152 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/boot1.efi >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 819200 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/boot1.efifat >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7680 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/boot2 >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1185 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/cdboot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 85794 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/gptboot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 110546 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/gptzfsboot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 358400 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/pxeboot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 341248 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/userboot.so >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 66048 Mar 18 16:47 /boot/zfsboot >> >> from a machine I still have not updated(r296719): >> >>> ls -l /boot/*boot* >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 8192 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/boot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/boot0 >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/boot0sio >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/boot1 >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 72152 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/boot1.efi >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 819200 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/boot1.efifat >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7680 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/boot2 >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1185 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/cdboot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 16059 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/gptboot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 41511 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/gptzfsboot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 288768 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/pxeboot >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 341208 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/userboot.so >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 66048 Mar 13 21:01 /boot/zfsboot >> >> I noticed because mu gpt boot partition is 64K and gptzfsboot just >> passed 100K. >> >> Is this expected and I'm supposed to repartition or is this an unwanted >> mistake? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> > > This is a side effect of the loader gaining the ability to boot from > GELI encrypted partitions. > > You can compile with LOADER_NO_GELI_SUPPORT to disable this to get back > to a smaller one if you need. > > Maybe we should be putting the GELI enabled boot blocks in a different > filename? I generally wanted to avoid creating a new version of each > bootcode with GELI support. > > My goal somewhere down the road is to create a single bootcode that can > do UFS and ZFS, then maybe we can have gptboot and gptgeliboot or > something. > > Maybe a single gptbootlite for minimum viable case of UFS+nothing fancy? At some point in the near future users that want additional features will re-partition and bsdinstall will create larger partitions for boot and this won't be a problem. P.S.: Allan, do you plan to enable GELI support for boot1.efi? - Nikolai Lifanov
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