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charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: vexeduxr X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/stable/14 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 790a67645afdef843c11e54d9df467333ad766e1 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:47:34 +0000 Message-Id: <6a32a576.366c8.2e389aa6@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch stable/14 has been updated by vexeduxr: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=790a67645afdef843c11e54d9df467333ad766e1 commit 790a67645afdef843c11e54d9df467333ad766e1 Author: Ahmad Khalifa AuthorDate: 2026-06-14 16:26:30 +0000 Commit: Ahmad Khalifa CommitDate: 2026-06-17 13:42:36 +0000 loader.efi(8): document the ia32 loader Reviewed by: kib MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57569 (cherry picked from commit 2e1f5b78976ad09bee41e602e75e79a0c3892e59) --- stand/man/loader.efi.8 | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 b/stand/man/loader.efi.8 index 3c9a160102f2..1cf389cd8b7c 100644 --- a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 +++ b/stand/man/loader.efi.8 @@ -335,6 +335,18 @@ command produces a fault in the environment for testing purposes, by executing the .Ic ud2 processor instruction. +.Ss i386 firmware on amd64 machines +Some devices have 64-bit (long mode) capable CPUs, but come with a +32-bit (protected mode) UEFI implementation. +.Pa /boot/loader_ia32.efi +is provided for such devices. +It switches to long mode right before executing the kernel. +Note that since the firmware expects its runtime EFI functions to be +executed in 32-bit protected mode, EFI runtime services are not +available to the kernel. +Which means that programs like +.Xr efibootmgr 8 +will not work. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/boot/loader.efi" .It Pa /boot/loader.efi