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Reviewed by: imp MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56329 (cherry picked from commit 4f684e929de1275b1099b17b2a2cff0d3f4af223) --- stand/efi/loader/main.c | 4 ++-- stand/man/loader.efi.8 | 12 ++++++------ usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 | 6 +++--- 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/stand/efi/loader/main.c b/stand/efi/loader/main.c index 0330ab15db9a..511829059f0c 100644 --- a/stand/efi/loader/main.c +++ b/stand/efi/loader/main.c @@ -753,8 +753,8 @@ parse_uefi_con_out(void) * If we don't have any ConOut default to both. If we have GOP * make video primary, otherwise just make serial primary. In * either case, try to use both the 'efi' console which will use - * the GOP, if present and serial. If there's an EFI BIOS that - * omits this, but has a serial port redirect, we'll + * the GOP, if present and serial. If there's an EFI firmware + * that omits this, but has a serial port redirect, we'll * unavioidably get doubled characters (but we'll be right in * all the other more common cases). */ diff --git a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 b/stand/man/loader.efi.8 index 82b9aa091de8..8455ff0864d4 100644 --- a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 +++ b/stand/man/loader.efi.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd September 3, 2024 +.Dd April 11, 2026 .Dt LOADER.EFI 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ When a system is built using .Nm will be used directly. .Ss Console Considerations -The EFI BIOS provides a generic console. +The UEFI firmware provides a generic console. In .Nm this is selected by specifying @@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ primary if a UEFI graphics device is detected, or the serial console as primary if not. .Pp On x86 platforms, if you wish to redirect the loader's output to a serial port -when the EFI BIOS doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the one the -EFI BIOS redirects its output to, set +when the UEFI firmware doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the +one the UEFI firmware redirects its output to, set .Dv console to .Dq comconsole . @@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ If this causes a doubling of characters, set .Dv console to .Dq efi , -since your EFI BIOS is redirecting to the serial port already. +since your UEFI firmware is redirecting to the serial port already. .Pp -If your EFI BIOS redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel +If your UEFI firmware redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel which address to use. EFI uses ACPI's UID to identify the serial port, but .Nm diff --git a/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 b/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 index 68eef1c9cbb5..654b14e9ff7a 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd February 15, 2023 +.Dd April 11, 2026 .Dt EFIBOOTMGR 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ boot method to be tried once upon the next boot. .Pp The UEFI standard defines how hosts may control what is used to bootstrap the system. -Each method is encapsulated within a persistent UEFI variable, stored -by the UEFI BIOS of the form +Each method is encapsulated within a persistent UEFI variable, +stored by the UEFI firmware of the form .Cm Boot Ns Em XXXX (where XXXX are uppercase hexadecimal digits). These variables are numbered, each describing where to load the bootstrap