Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 08:30:10 +0000 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: WITH_BEARSSL: -8112 bytes available Message-ID: <20230601103010.69f92495@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfq=%2BB4dPogpPk%2BMnXev5V3M-a7Kx5O2XMoSBJcTY5F%2B4Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <20230529105854.1903226d@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> <CANCZdfo-PojzQrL5ppxSLLfp%2B5f-ToqQD_N3p3aYtEKBodQ7xQ@mail.gmail.com> <20230531213026.275c4eaf@ernst.home> <CANCZdfq=%2BB4dPogpPk%2BMnXev5V3M-a7Kx5O2XMoSBJcTY5F%2B4Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 31 May 2023 14:41:23 -0600 Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 1:30?PM Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, 31 May 2023 12:15:12 -0600 > > Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > [SNIP irrelevant text] > > > > > And no, I really do not want to support 'loadable modules'. BIOS boo= ting > > is > > > on the way out, and people > > > that want to do complex stuff in the boot loader will simply have to= do > > > that in UEFI or maybe kboot/LinuxBoot. > > > > So, what exactly does "BIOS booting is on the way out" mean? I have f= our > > computers which use BIOS booting. Three are too old to support UEFI a= nd > > the other one I simply set to BIOS booting out of habit. > > > > New computers aren't supporting it. Its days are numbered. It's longevit= y is > much shorter than UEFI's. These are all indisputable. I'm not planning o= n > dropping it in 15, but the number of people that are using it is a decli= ning > group over time. Time spent making EFI more effective will affect more > people. That's what I mean. So I don't want to sink a ton of time into i= t. > OK, that makes sense. If it disappears after 15 I guess I'll have to maintain it myself. Should be doable. =2D- Gary Jennejohn
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