GPT boot has less features than legacy MBR-based one (Was: UEFI, loader.efi and /boot.config)

Lev Serebryakov lev at FreeBSD.org
Mon May 6 19:16:56 UTC 2019


On 01.05.2019 0:15, Warner Losh wrote:

> I think all the features are there. You can install loader.efi as you
> used to install boot1.efi and have it work as well or better than boot1.efi.
 Thank you!

> 
>     > But then again, if you are using stock (generic) OS on embedded
>     system, you are already doing it wrong and will get into the trouble
>     sooner or later:)
>       I can not say, is NanoBSD "stock" or not :-)
> 
> 
> One of the big reasons I did the latest changes was to make it possible
> for NanoBSD to work better.
  Could you please look at, which helps NanoBSD to work better with
strange/broken hardware?

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17102
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17103

 (I don't know do we need this for UEFI loader, though).

-- 
// Lev Serebryakov

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