From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Dec 19 06:51:16 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FA04C873B0 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 06:51:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22e.google.com (mail-io0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD3601278 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 06:51:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id d9so145473162ioe.0 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2016 22:51:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Zviql/8RdIOkyCBjlonHSZUCBhYgEDBPGvwbsal+22w=; b=K1ZNmNveqUFaJrEHVZgJL2SLnB8yC9kFRJAtfIcwFae2JKH+WHN/gzqETV4wz7xPWd 3T8Lpq5Si+3vwa+zUW2aMHxoqnPlN1zg1xwDDz/MFD03fFaRZnTyWfvISqBgABH8FXbR 9zhnXCraeU6lKsyIuVds1+KJ02RnUVt/Qc/vG0R11wgGFHOwoL3sLO0B+TQLsXpMpH/U bur+UdVgZzihLtKThdpUDTROf2EozHCG5EHZJRjgsp88+Hxv/SBqjRMQqv5uUljcIJuH +aVrmFeP/vt9eQ0KiMYVojtDKmWGAezq27dHc3rJLDoZeatwVuCCceQIlItOke2zxZFK jGxA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Zviql/8RdIOkyCBjlonHSZUCBhYgEDBPGvwbsal+22w=; b=H8UH9ftwDUeD/FMIvsCf6l7Ajq0kkx5XxX0l0SkbllQDVgIEYNEMjNsl+Ox1kbP9fr 2tXneb7V2GOZO+a+OSCC7TZ5GOC1wszd42HyZhchPguRlZLcP/uZ3qoHSUL9wd4Wm2So XTC0zjpYviZxPVHrwbyoPuPxgENcnX8r5vFB6OyQKYPwwuitlhGLbasMlQ/EGRXZpVG5 BhKNFzsl6ZoFIwPGG805tNfbWq4eYWiQL5I1QsMRywGGDiwJB4LNpUjGhYltfK4qyYHX Upm8kaf3YL4X2OYWYJ6PhDfdX3KJ7V47cThaktXbIisJ+0srtHRBZ1HzBe0JFLTbfM29 3qzg== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXLgawlCp0/2Uwg3yzkbZjxNJZ2HQ956rwA9BtxDFnWdcuYvnfTIyloG9QYF+THrtzbzaY8cJpknKXYLMQ== X-Received: by 10.107.132.74 with SMTP id g71mr14009720iod.19.1482130275024; Sun, 18 Dec 2016 22:51:15 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: wlosh@bsdimp.com Received: by 10.79.22.135 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Dec 2016 22:51:14 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [50.253.99.174] In-Reply-To: <58577F91.2000406@norma.perm.ru> References: <58577F91.2000406@norma.perm.ru> From: Warner Losh Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 23:51:14 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: mwK4ujJqH66Fq1cagDa5-tNrfN0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI) To: "Eugene M. Zheganin" Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 06:51:16 -0000 On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Eugene M. Zheganin wr= ote: > Hi. > > On 16.12.2016 22:08, Fernando Herrero Carr=C3=B3n wrote: >> I am reading uefi(8) and it looks like FreeBSD 11 should be able to boot >> using UEFI straight into ZFS, so I am thinking of converting that >> freebsd-boot partition to an EFI partition, creating a FAT filesystem an= d >> copying /boot/boot.efi there. >> >> How good of an idea is that? Would it really be that simple or am I miss= ing >> something? My only reason for wanting to boot with UEFI is faster boot, >> everything is working fine otherwise. >> > I tried the UEFI boot sequence on a Supermicro server. It boots only > manually, gives some cryptic error while booting automatically. When > entering the path to the EFI loader in a appearing prompt - it boots > fine, but this kills the idea. > > I've written a message here about this, so far nobody answered (August, > 14th, "FreeBSD doesn't boot automatically from UEFI"). > > Now it runs on gptzfsboot again, so .... Which SuperMicro board? Our X9's have big issues with UEFI (though some versions of the boards seem to work). The X10's are rock solid. Warner