From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun Sep 23 22:07:24 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55D05109B34C for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2018 22:07:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpd@dpdtech.com) Received: from mail-pg1-x52a.google.com (mail-pg1-x52a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::52a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BAB5B851B9 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2018 22:07:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpd@dpdtech.com) Received: by mail-pg1-x52a.google.com with SMTP id q19-v6so7441111pgn.10 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:07:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dpdtech.com; s=google; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=MR+CyB27Lw7k7xLzKVj3FY8+jqAc+jLYOj/snw4nkTc=; b=HnoM9WALd18ja3At0hphpples80LkR+K7debPSerITefFFCdmBJA4plnB+wIBNSzBO y9i8C0V+uLsB3RkiCjGQdZqPD6KTFzBnLtkXLfZiB3erT9ep/9/YDkGEUQY6gn9GU9i7 9oqEUZRHRMRxYPEURtwVTSWTbcJFnxqcuLVgU= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=MR+CyB27Lw7k7xLzKVj3FY8+jqAc+jLYOj/snw4nkTc=; b=GZsCZW7wCT4iP0zQnK+iEJY0nO4HgL322o+URv8zMYtdlsOZl8cQNXmh86Og0s6aFT eNCp8Wgl2fhJjyFfReJoVUYmci2pHr6mF1EBj/Puzi2EQk4y98jLWOJxU6+HVAxhmh/+ z4MGijVMjUBqxP5FiU8ZqRyIRZY4IKriiIoGwZpQY2zI3Ow8QvhLgSX53WroAL8Yoos+ Wbpj6704MN54vq66xUf7S9knukzlX9tjvQtxPkitH4VKNN6rDMtbD/ZThp2bpEFuzURh mY46VdLj4jKHCZK4LUU3ZpiUAcaagIwEADlt1PDzuJY5KHvEOeQC01tBz2G5S5hA9zYd 4gDw== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51CQabnmkmOpqm0YkXdyUcZ51nV47/o8kzVHhN5yVUqXTOf82JiZ uU4UxgFAVihG6bjRjaak2tAu5LU4jGg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdYcNRoME54XbrZN0LEUfMY4xgi/8qDeHA7sU479tD8agpImkoRdow/oG4Tupp2LKMEfJkVuHg== X-Received: by 2002:a62:1e81:: with SMTP id e123-v6mr7728363pfe.24.1537740442867; Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2603:3024:160b:6ff0:9051:c46e:ce99:68a2? ([2603:3024:160b:6ff0:9051:c46e:ce99:68a2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r85-v6sm59909097pfd.144.2018.09.23.15.07.22 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: UEFI layout includes a freebsd-boot? From: "David P. Discher" In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:07:18 -0700 Cc: freebsd-current Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <6ebccd3b-5849-4ace-1b20-6afabade91e1@freebsd.org> <966F98F8-B11B-43DF-B283-9EE7FAF4E212@dpdtech.com> To: Sean Bruno X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 22:07:24 -0000 I can do some more testing later =E2=80=A6 but my observation is that a = system booted via EFI, the installer will auto select EFI+BIOS. If the = systems boots BIOS, it selects BIOS only.=20 It is possible that the boot sequence to the UEFI USB key, and BIOS Hard = Disk. I=E2=80=99m not sure you can say or detect that a BIOS is EFI = only. Where BIOS+EFI support would work on both.=20 This could be a valid setup =E2=80=A6 I=E2=80=99m playing/testing now = (as I type) with the Radeon and Intel graphics with drm-*-kmod mode = setting drivers =E2=80=A6 and currently in FreeBSD, thees drivers fail = when a systems boots via EFI. So the EFI+BIOS is likely the =E2=80=9Csaf= e=E2=80=9D option =E2=80=A6 until we can get some more intelligence = around installations. This is mostly observed with X7,X8,X9,X10,X11 - series Supermicro boards = with =E2=80=A6 uh =E2=80=A6 AMI BIOS(?).=20 Not clear if their is a smbios key set to indicate that the BIOS is = configured to EFI only. -dpd > On Sep 23, 2018, at 2:58 PM, Sean Bruno wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > On 9/23/18 3:57 PM, David P. Discher wrote: >> This is correct for a EFI+BIOS map. If the installer did this for an = EFI >> only map, then that is a bug. >>=20 >=20 > Is it supposed to "Detect" BIOS vs UEFI booting in the installer?