Re: Review D58990: freebsd-update: automatically update EFI and BIOS bootloaders on install
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:54:40 UTC
On 8/20/26 12:01, Mark Millard wrote: > On 8/20/26 11:17, Ronald Pagani Jr (ronald.pagani.jr) wrote: >> Mark, >> >> Would you be able to try this latest commit? >> >> https://github.com/RZA-SF/freebsd-patch-for-bug279829/blob/revision-2/ >> src/efi_bootloader_update.sh <https://github.com/RZA-SF/freebsd-patch- >> for-bug279829/blob/revision-2/src/efi_bootloader_update.sh> > > That, of course, executes more of the new script. None of the 3 example > systems end up with output text to match the pattern in: > 's/.*HD([0-9]*,GPT,\([^,]*\),.*/\1/Ip' > > > I'll start with amd64: > > . . . > + command -v efibootmgr > + local efibm_out > + efibootmgr > + efibm_out='Boot to FW : false > BootCurrent: 0004 > Timeout : 1 seconds > BootOrder : 0000, 0002, 0004, 0006, 0005, 0007, 0008 > Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager > Boot0002* UEFI OS > +Boot0004* UEFI OS > Boot0006* UEFI OS > Boot0005* UEFI OS > Boot0007* UEFI OS > Boot0008* UEFI OS' > + local current_num > + printf '%s\n' 'Boot to FW : false > BootCurrent: 0004 > Timeout : 1 seconds > BootOrder : 0000, 0002, 0004, 0006, 0005, 0007, 0008 > Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager > Boot0002* UEFI OS > +Boot0004* UEFI OS > Boot0006* UEFI OS > Boot0005* UEFI OS > Boot0007* UEFI OS > Boot0008* UEFI OS' > + sed -n 's/^BootCurrent: *//p' > + current_num=0004 > + [ -n 0004 ] > + printf '%s\n' 'Boot to FW : false > BootCurrent: 0004 > Timeout : 1 seconds > BootOrder : 0000, 0002, 0004, 0006, 0005, 0007, 0008 > Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager > Boot0002* UEFI OS > +Boot0004* UEFI OS > Boot0006* UEFI OS > Boot0005* UEFI OS > Boot0007* UEFI OS > Boot0008* UEFI OS' > + grep '^Boot0004[* ]' > + sed -n 's/.*HD([0-9]*,GPT,\([^,]*\),.*/\1/Ip' > + boot_partuuid='' > + local 'root_disk_list=' > + efi_root_disks zfs > + root_disk_list='' > + root_disk_list='' > + local 'candidate_disks=' > + [ -n '' ] > + [ -n '' ] > + local deduped_disks > + printf %s '' > + sort -u > + grep -v '^$' > + deduped_disks='' > + deduped_disks='' > + [ -z '' ] > + _efi_warn 'efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks' > + _efi_log 'WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks' > + echo 'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot > determine boot/root disks' > freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot determine > boot/root disks > + return 1 > + esp_list='' > + _efi_warn $'No EFI System Partitions found for this system\'s > boot/root disks' > + _efi_log $'WARN: No EFI System Partitions found for this system\'s > boot/root disks' > + echo $'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: No EFI System Partitions > found for this system\'s boot/root disks' > freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: No EFI System Partitions found for > this system's boot/root disks > + _efi_warn 'If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update the > bootloader manually' > + _efi_log 'WARN: If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update > the bootloader manually' > + echo 'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: If using hardware RAID or an > unusual topology, update the bootloader manually' > freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: If using hardware RAID or an unusual > topology, update the bootloader manually > . . . > > I have no clue how common such might be. > > > As for aarch64 . . . > > As the RPi5 is more normal compared to the WinDevKit23, I'll start with > the RPI5. > > . . . > + command -v efibootmgr > + local efibm_out > + efibootmgr > + efibm_out='Boot to FW : false > BootCurrent: 0002 > Timeout : 5 seconds > BootOrder : 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003 > Boot0000* UiApp > Boot0001* UEFI SanDisk SE32G 4412AC09 SD Device > +Boot0002* UEFI Timetec 35TTTN2242GE3P-1TB YS240913B1T0242 1 > Boot0003 UEFI Shell' > + local current_num > + printf '%s\n' 'Boot to FW : false > BootCurrent: 0002 > Timeout : 5 seconds > BootOrder : 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003 > Boot0000* UiApp > Boot0001* UEFI SanDisk SE32G 4412AC09 SD Device > +Boot0002* UEFI Timetec 35TTTN2242GE3P-1TB YS240913B1T0242 1 > Boot0003 UEFI Shell' > + sed -n 's/^BootCurrent: *//p' > + current_num=0002 > + [ -n 0002 ] > + printf '%s\n' 'Boot to FW : false > BootCurrent: 0002 > Timeout : 5 seconds > BootOrder : 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003 > Boot0000* UiApp > Boot0001* UEFI SanDisk SE32G 4412AC09 SD Device > +Boot0002* UEFI Timetec 35TTTN2242GE3P-1TB YS240913B1T0242 1 > Boot0003 UEFI Shell' > + grep '^Boot0002[* ]' > + sed -n 's/.*HD([0-9]*,GPT,\([^,]*\),.*/\1/Ip' > + boot_partuuid='' > + local 'root_disk_list=' > + efi_root_disks ufs > + root_disk_list='' > + root_disk_list='' > + local 'candidate_disks=' > + [ -n '' ] > + [ -n '' ] > + local deduped_disks > + printf %s '' > + sort -u > + grep -v '^$' > + deduped_disks='' > + deduped_disks='' > + [ -z '' ] > + _efi_warn 'efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks' > + _efi_log 'WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks' > + echo 'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot > determine boot/root disks' > freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot determine > boot/root disks > + return 1 > + esp_list='' > + _efi_warn $'No EFI System Partitions found for this system\'s > boot/root disks' > + _efi_log $'WARN: No EFI System Partitions found for this system\'s > boot/root disks' > + echo $'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: No EFI System Partitions > found for this system\'s boot/root disks' > freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: No EFI System Partitions found for > this system's boot/root disks > + _efi_warn 'If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update the > bootloader manually' > + _efi_log 'WARN: If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update > the bootloader manually' > + echo 'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: If using hardware RAID or an > unusual topology, update the bootloader manually' > freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: If using hardware RAID or an unusual > topology, update the bootloader manually > . . . > > I have no clue how common such might be. > > > As for the WinDevKit23 in this area, it has only the one BootCurrent: > 0000 line in the output: > > . . . > + command -v efibootmgr > + local efibm_out > + efibootmgr > + efibm_out='BootCurrent: 0000' > + local current_num > + printf '%s\n' 'BootCurrent: 0000' > + sed -n 's/^BootCurrent: *//p' > + current_num=0000 > + [ -n 0000 ] > + printf '%s\n' 'BootCurrent: 0000' > + grep '^Boot0000[* ]' > + sed -n 's/.*HD([0-9]*,GPT,\([^,]*\),.*/\1/Ip' > + boot_partuuid='' > + local 'root_disk_list=' > + efi_root_disks ufs > + root_disk_list='' > + root_disk_list='' > + local 'candidate_disks=' > + [ -n '' ] > + [ -n '' ] > + local deduped_disks > + printf %s '' > + sort -u > + grep -v '^$' > + deduped_disks='' > + deduped_disks='' > + [ -z '' ] > + _efi_warn 'efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks' > + _efi_log 'WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks' > + echo 'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot > determine boot/root disks' > freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot determine > boot/root disks > + return 1 > + esp_list='' > + _efi_warn $'No EFI System Partitions found for this system\'s > boot/root disks' > + _efi_log $'WARN: No EFI System Partitions found for this system\'s > boot/root disks' > + echo $'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: No EFI System Partitions > found for this system\'s boot/root disks' > freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: No EFI System Partitions found for > this system's boot/root disks > + _efi_warn 'If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update the > bootloader manually' > + _efi_log 'WARN: If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update > the bootloader manually' > + echo 'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: If using hardware RAID or an > unusual topology, update the bootloader manually' > freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: If using hardware RAID or an unusual > topology, update the bootloader manually > . . . > > I have no clue how common such might be. > > >> >> . . . >> > > I now have the U-Boot UEFI based RPi4B context set up: It is like the WinDevKit23 in that it has only one line of output from efibootmgr: . . . + efibootmgr + efibm_out='BootCurrent: 0000' + local current_num + printf '%s\n' 'BootCurrent: 0000' + sed -n 's/^BootCurrent: *//p' + current_num=0000 + [ -n 0000 ] + printf '%s\n' 'BootCurrent: 0000' + grep '^Boot0000[* ]' + sed -n 's/.*HD([0-9]*,GPT,\([^,]*\),.*/\1/Ip' + boot_partuuid='' + local 'root_disk_list=' + efi_root_disks ufs + root_disk_list='' + root_disk_list='' + local 'candidate_disks=' + [ -n '' ] + [ -n '' ] + local deduped_disks + printf %s '' + sort -u + grep -v '^$' + deduped_disks='' + deduped_disks='' + [ -z '' ] + _efi_warn 'efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks' + _efi_log 'WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks' + echo 'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks' freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: efi_boot_esps: cannot determine boot/root disks + return 1 + esp_list='' + _efi_warn $'No EFI System Partitions found for this system\'s boot/root disks' + _efi_log $'WARN: No EFI System Partitions found for this system\'s boot/root disks' + echo $'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: No EFI System Partitions found for this system\'s boot/root disks' freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: No EFI System Partitions found for this system's boot/root disks + _efi_warn 'If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update the bootloader manually' + _efi_log 'WARN: If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update the bootloader manually' + echo 'freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update the bootloader manually' freebsd-update: [bootloader] WARN: If using hardware RAID or an unusual topology, update the bootloader manually . . . For reference for efibootmgr output on teh 4 systems: amd64 (booted using its UEFI/ACPI): # efibootmgr Boot to FW : false BootCurrent: 0004 Timeout : 1 seconds BootOrder : 0000, 0002, 0004, 0006, 0005, 0007, 0008 Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager Boot0002* UEFI OS +Boot0004* UEFI OS Boot0006* UEFI OS Boot0005* UEFI OS Boot0007* UEFI OS Boot0008* UEFI OS WinDevKit23 (booted using its UEFI/ACPI): # efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0000 RPi5 (booted using UEFI/ACPI via a EDK2 draft): # efibootmgr Boot to FW : false BootCurrent: 0002 Timeout : 5 seconds BootOrder : 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003 Boot0000* UiApp Boot0001* UEFI SanDisk SE32G 4412AC09 SD Device +Boot0002* UEFI Timetec 35TTTN2242GE3P-1TB YS240913B1T0242 1 Boot0003 UEFI Shell RPi4B (booted using some vintage of the FreeBSD U-Boot UEFI): # efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0000 -- === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com