Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:32:57 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com> Cc: junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, bsd-lists@BSDforge.com Subject: Re: When will the FreeBSD (u)EFI work? Message-ID: <202003300132.02U1WvJo053774@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <40bacb99-d463-cbad-3ccf-b3ddd6856d10@bsdio.com>
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> On 3/29/20 6:11 AM, Tomoaki AOKI wrote: > > > > > 3. based solution looks good to me. > > > > IMHO, assuming /efi/bootx[64|32].efi is boot1.efi or loader.efi > > or EFI environment pointing to either one is properly used, > > > That's another thing: we should be installing loader.efi as > \efi\boot\bootx64.efi (as well as \boot\freebsd\loader.efi) since it's > entirely possible to lose the Boot Manager entry and end up with an > unbootable system as a result. Unfortunately people have had bad > experiences with other operating systems overwriting bootx64.efi and > don't believe we should do that. > > > Perhaps I just need to come up with a proof of concept or demo to show > that it is possible without breaking other OSes. Yes please. > Rebecca Cran -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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