New aarch64 RPI 14.0 snapshot not based on using /boot/efi/ : uses /boot/msdos/ instead (13.0-RC3 too)

[Mark Millard]

On 2021-Mar-18, at 22:48, Mark Millard <marklmi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm unclear what all the /boot/efi/ usage is supposed to
> apply to vs. what does not need to use the convention.
> But:
> 
> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/FreeBSD-14.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-RPI-20210318-a771bf748f9-245511.img.xz
> 
> is not based on using /boot/efi/ :
> 
> root at generic:~ # df -m
> Filesystem             1M-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/ufs/rootfs            29423 2672 24396    10%    /
> devfs                          0    0     0   100%    /dev
> /dev/msdosfs/MSDOSBOOT        49   24    25    49%    /boot/msdos
> tmpfs                       7668    0  7668     0%    /tmp
> 
> root at generic:~ # ls -Tld /boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/*
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1258796 Mar 18 07:36:24 2021 /boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/bootaa64.efi
> 
> root at generic:~ # more /etc/fstab
> # Custom /etc/fstab for FreeBSD embedded images
> /dev/ufs/rootfs         /               ufs     rw              1       1
> /dev/msdosfs/MSDOSBOOT  /boot/msdos     msdosfs rw,noatime      0       0
> tmpfs                   /tmp            tmpfs   rw,mode=1777    0       0
> 
> root at generic:~ # uname -apKU
> FreeBSD generic 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #0 main-n245511-a771bf748f9: Thu Mar 18 08:07:18 UTC 2021     root at releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/arm64.aarch64/sys/GENERIC  arm64 aarch64 1400006 1400006
> 
> This was a fresh expansion onto media (and it did the
> growfs during the boot: first boot).

http://ftp3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/FreeBSD-13.0-RC3-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img.xz

has the same status, intended or not:

root at generic:~ # df -m
Filesystem             1M-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/ufs/rootfs            29423 2594 24474    10%    /
devfs                          0    0     0   100%    /dev
/dev/msdosfs/MSDOSBOOT        49   24    25    49%    /boot/msdos
tmpfs                         50    0    49     0%    /tmp

root at generic:~ # ls -Tld /boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1259212 Mar 19 05:32:44 2021 /boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/bootaa64.efi

root at generic:~ # more /etc/fstab
# Custom /etc/fstab for FreeBSD embedded images
/dev/ufs/rootfs   /       ufs     rw      1       1
/dev/msdosfs/MSDOSBOOT /boot/msdos msdosfs rw,noatime 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw,mode=1777,size=50m 0 0

root at generic:~ # uname -apKU
FreeBSD generic 13.0-RC3 FreeBSD 13.0-RC3 #0 releng/13.0-n244696-8f731a397ad: Fri Mar 19 05:54:12 UTC 2021     root at releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/arm64.aarch64/sys/GENERIC  arm64 aarch64 1300139 1300139


> 
> 
> Other notes:
> 
> I've no clue for other aarch64 small-board-computer contexts.
> 
> The 245511 in *-245511.img.xz and main-n245511-* match as
> of this build.


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Mark Millard
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