Re: svn commit: r344418 - stable/11
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:20 AM Rodney W. Grimes
wrote:
>
> > Author: kevans
> > Date: Thu Feb 21 03:48:39 2019
> > New Revision: 344418
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344418
> >
> > Log:
> > Direct commit for post-mortem UPDATING update regarding lualoader
> >
> > Indicate that it's been merged (after some delay since lua came back to
> > this
> > branch) and how one can test lua, both by swapping build knobs and
> > creating
> > links in /boot.
> >
> > Modified:
> > stable/11/UPDATING
> >
> > Modified: stable/11/UPDATING
> > ==
> > --- stable/11/UPDATINGThu Feb 21 03:39:51 2019(r344417)
> > +++ stable/11/UPDATINGThu Feb 21 03:48:39 2019(r344418)
> > @@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option.
> > from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit
> > fragile.
> >
> > 20190220:
> > + Co-existance for Forth and Lua interpreters in bootloaders has now
> > been
> > + merged to ease testing of lualoader. LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP,
> > documented
> > + in build(7), may be used to control which interpreter flavor is used
> > in
> > + the default loader to be installed. For systems where Lua and Forth
> > + coexist, this switch can also be made on a running system by creating
> > a
> > + link from /boot/loader_${flavor}{,efi} to /boot/loader{,.efi} rather
> ^. missing
> And is not the direction of that link reversed?
> /boot/loader_${,.efi} -> /boot/loader_${flavor}{,.efi}
> is what I would expect the link to be for this.
>
Whoops. Will fix shortly, thanks!
Kyle Evans
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Re: svn commit: r344418 - stable/11
> Author: kevans
> Date: Thu Feb 21 03:48:39 2019
> New Revision: 344418
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344418
>
> Log:
> Direct commit for post-mortem UPDATING update regarding lualoader
>
> Indicate that it's been merged (after some delay since lua came back to this
> branch) and how one can test lua, both by swapping build knobs and creating
> links in /boot.
>
> Modified:
> stable/11/UPDATING
>
> Modified: stable/11/UPDATING
> ==
> --- stable/11/UPDATINGThu Feb 21 03:39:51 2019(r344417)
> +++ stable/11/UPDATINGThu Feb 21 03:48:39 2019(r344418)
> @@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option.
> from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile.
>
> 20190220:
> + Co-existance for Forth and Lua interpreters in bootloaders has now been
> + merged to ease testing of lualoader. LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP, documented
> + in build(7), may be used to control which interpreter flavor is used in
> + the default loader to be installed. For systems where Lua and Forth
> + coexist, this switch can also be made on a running system by creating a
> + link from /boot/loader_${flavor}{,efi} to /boot/loader{,.efi} rather
^. missing
And is not the direction of that link reversed?
/boot/loader_${,.efi} -> /boot/loader_${flavor}{,.efi}
is what I would expect the link to be for this.
> + than requiring a rebuild.
> +
> + The default flavor in this branch will remain Forth. As indicated in
> + the 20190216 UPDATING entry, booting is a complex environment; it would
> + be prudent to assume that lualoader may not work for your setup and make
> + provisions for backup boot methods.
> +
> +20190220:
> zfsloader's functionality has now been folded into loader.
> zfsloader is no longer necesasary once you've updated your
> boot blocks. For a transition period, we will install a
>
>
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Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org
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svn commit: r344418 - stable/11
Author: kevans
Date: Thu Feb 21 03:48:39 2019
New Revision: 344418
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344418
Log:
Direct commit for post-mortem UPDATING update regarding lualoader
Indicate that it's been merged (after some delay since lua came back to this
branch) and how one can test lua, both by swapping build knobs and creating
links in /boot.
Modified:
stable/11/UPDATING
Modified: stable/11/UPDATING
==
--- stable/11/UPDATING Thu Feb 21 03:39:51 2019(r344417)
+++ stable/11/UPDATING Thu Feb 21 03:48:39 2019(r344418)
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option.
from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile.
20190220:
+ Co-existance for Forth and Lua interpreters in bootloaders has now been
+ merged to ease testing of lualoader. LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP, documented
+ in build(7), may be used to control which interpreter flavor is used in
+ the default loader to be installed. For systems where Lua and Forth
+ coexist, this switch can also be made on a running system by creating a
+ link from /boot/loader_${flavor}{,efi} to /boot/loader{,.efi} rather
+ than requiring a rebuild.
+
+ The default flavor in this branch will remain Forth. As indicated in
+ the 20190216 UPDATING entry, booting is a complex environment; it would
+ be prudent to assume that lualoader may not work for your setup and make
+ provisions for backup boot methods.
+
+20190220:
zfsloader's functionality has now been folded into loader.
zfsloader is no longer necesasary once you've updated your
boot blocks. For a transition period, we will install a
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