Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:51:03 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r331209 - head Message-ID: <2d94ac2c-491b-391b-d5ff-5545b6d83a82@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4168709.idJmbTaMPK@ralph.baldwin.cx> References: <201803191527.w2JFRr7B058668@repo.freebsd.org> <4168709.idJmbTaMPK@ralph.baldwin.cx>
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On 19/03/2018 18:20, John Baldwin wrote: > On Monday, March 19, 2018 03:27:53 PM Kyle Evans wrote: >> Author: kevans >> Date: Mon Mar 19 15:27:53 2018 >> New Revision: 331209 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/331209 >> >> Log: >> Add note to UPDATING about UEFI changes requiring loader(8) update >> >> These problems have only been observed with boards using U-Boot (e.g. ARM) >> where virtual addresses are already set in the memory map by the firmware >> and the firmware is expecting a call to SetVirtualAddressMap to be made. >> I refrain from mentioning this in the note because this could also be the >> case on some not-yet-tested firmware on amd64 and it's not a bad >> recommendation for the general case. > > How does this fit with the recommended installation steps of doing > 'make installkernel' and rebooting before doing a 'make installworld'? Installation of /boot/loader along with likes of cat and cut has always puzzled me very much. -- Andriy Gapon
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