git: 55243172c190 - stable/14 - loader.efi.8/efibootmgr.8: Don't use contradicting term 'EFI BIOS'
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:29:13 UTC
The branch stable/14 has been updated by michaelo:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=55243172c19047530f9377505e8b759caff17925
commit 55243172c19047530f9377505e8b759caff17925
Author: Michael Osipov <michaelo@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-04-09 11:39:41 +0000
Commit: Michael Osipov <michaelo@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-04-14 07:27:40 +0000
loader.efi.8/efibootmgr.8: Don't use contradicting term 'EFI BIOS'
Both (U)EFI and BIOS are completely different things, be precise and don't use
them together.
Reviewed by: imp
MFC after: 3 days
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56329
(cherry picked from commit 4f684e929de1275b1099b17b2a2cff0d3f4af223)
---
stand/efi/loader/main.c | 4 ++--
stand/man/loader.efi.8 | 12 ++++++------
usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/stand/efi/loader/main.c b/stand/efi/loader/main.c
index d6a42c0241fc..0fdfeab118f2 100644
--- a/stand/efi/loader/main.c
+++ b/stand/efi/loader/main.c
@@ -756,8 +756,8 @@ parse_uefi_con_out(void)
* If we don't have any ConOut default to both. If we have GOP
* make video primary, otherwise just make serial primary. In
* either case, try to use both the 'efi' console which will use
- * the GOP, if present and serial. If there's an EFI BIOS that
- * omits this, but has a serial port redirect, we'll
+ * the GOP, if present and serial. If there's an EFI firmware
+ * that omits this, but has a serial port redirect, we'll
* unavioidably get doubled characters (but we'll be right in
* all the other more common cases).
*/
diff --git a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 b/stand/man/loader.efi.8
index f2278247b648..e02ed4720be2 100644
--- a/stand/man/loader.efi.8
+++ b/stand/man/loader.efi.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd September 3, 2024
+.Dd April 11, 2026
.Dt LOADER.EFI 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ process.
.Xr boot1.efi 8
is deprecated for new installations.
.Ss Console Considerations
-The EFI BIOS provides a generic console.
+The UEFI firmware provides a generic console.
In
.Nm
this is selected by specifying
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ primary if a UEFI graphics device is detected, or the serial console
as primary if not.
.Pp
On x86 platforms, if you wish to redirect the loader's output to a serial port
-when the EFI BIOS doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the one the
-EFI BIOS redirects its output to, set
+when the UEFI firmware doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the
+one the UEFI firmware redirects its output to, set
.Dv console
to
.Dq comconsole .
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ If this causes a doubling of characters, set
.Dv console
to
.Dq efi ,
-since your EFI BIOS is redirecting to the serial port already.
+since your UEFI firmware is redirecting to the serial port already.
.Pp
-If your EFI BIOS redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel
+If your UEFI firmware redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel
which address to use.
EFI uses ACPI's UID to identify the serial port, but
.Nm
diff --git a/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 b/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8
index 68eef1c9cbb5..654b14e9ff7a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd February 15, 2023
+.Dd April 11, 2026
.Dt EFIBOOTMGR 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ boot method to be tried once upon the next boot.
.Pp
The UEFI standard defines how hosts may control what is used to
bootstrap the system.
-Each method is encapsulated within a persistent UEFI variable, stored
-by the UEFI BIOS of the form
+Each method is encapsulated within a persistent UEFI variable,
+stored by the UEFI firmware of the form
.Cm Boot Ns Em XXXX
(where XXXX are uppercase hexadecimal digits).
These variables are numbered, each describing where to load the bootstrap