Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 22:57:24 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Media image names - Document & rationalise. Message-ID: <201410012057.s91KvOPb006768@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:54:33 -0400." <CAPyFy2DYkYwPD_6Hm6c1wyyDjVRmSAqVnGumXYfm_k6-Jo4MTA@mail.gmail.com>
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Ed Maste wrote: > On 1 October 2014 10:37, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 03:58:24PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >> Maybe there was an explanation of -uefi- on a mail list. One can > >> guess: for [some?] newer machines try uefi. But could we put a more > >> exact purpose of uefi images in a README ? > >> > > > > The UEFI images will be documented in the release announcement email, > > because they are specific to the 10.1-RELEASE cycle. 11.0-RELEASE will > > have the functionality in the default installation medium. > > To be clear, the existing, legacy-only images are built the same way > as they always have been. The reason there are separate -uefi- images > is to avoid accidental regression in legacy-only boot support. > > The 10.1 -uefi- images (as well as the 11.0 images) are actually > dual-mode, and should boot in both UEFI and legacy configurations. > I'm interested in receiving test reports of installations using the > -uefi- images, in both UEFI and legacy boot configurations. > > (Technical detail: The image contains legacy MBR boot code, and is > partitioned using the MBR scheme. One of the MBR partitions is an EFI > system partition of type 0xEF. Legacy boot uses the MBR, while UEFI > loads the first-stage loader /EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI. Both cases use > the same root file system and boot the same kernel.) Thanks Ed, good to know :-) Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Indent previous with "> ". Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative. ShellShock - http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/bash/
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