> On 1. Jun 2023, at 11:30, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 May 2023 14:41:23 -0600
> Warner Losh mailto:i...@bsdimp.com>> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 1:30?PM Gary Jennejohn wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 31 May 2023 12:15:12 -0600
>>> Warner Losh wrote:
>>>
>>> [SNIP irrelevant text]
>>>
And no, I really do not want to support 'loadable modules'. BIOS booting
>>> is
on the way out, and people
that want to do complex stuff in the boot loader will simply have to do
that in UEFI or maybe kboot/LinuxBoot.
>>>
>>> So, what exactly does "BIOS booting is on the way out" mean? I have four
>>> computers which use BIOS booting. Three are too old to support UEFI and
>>> the other one I simply set to BIOS booting out of habit.
>>>
>>
>> New computers aren't supporting it. Its days are numbered. It's longevity is
>> much shorter than UEFI's. These are all indisputable. I'm not planning on
>> dropping it in 15, but the number of people that are using it is a declining
>> group over time. Time spent making EFI more effective will affect more
>> people. That's what I mean. So I don't want to sink a ton of time into it.
>>
>
> OK, that makes sense. If it disappears after 15 I guess I'll have to
> maintain it myself. Should be doable.
>
>
I have this change in my queue: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40375
toomas
