Module Name: src Committed By: riastradh Date: Sat Oct 8 08:21:56 UTC 2022
Modified Files: src: UPDATING Log Message: UPDATING: More details on bootloader update needed for >=9.99.100. To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.332 -r1.333 src/UPDATING Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files: Index: src/UPDATING diff -u src/UPDATING:1.332 src/UPDATING:1.333 --- src/UPDATING:1.332 Wed Sep 21 22:01:56 2022 +++ src/UPDATING Sat Oct 8 08:21:56 2022 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.332 2022/09/21 22:01:56 gutteridge Exp $ +$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.333 2022/10/08 08:21:56 riastradh Exp $ This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for @@ -21,12 +21,32 @@ Recent changes: 20220921: Since the kernel version was bumped to 9.99.100, the bootloader - must be updated on x86 and efiboot platforms in order to load - modules. - - The kernel can still load modules at runtime with no bootloader - update. This will not affect release branches because it only - applies to patch numbers >=100. + must be updated on x86 or EFI boot platforms in order to load + modules from boot.cfg(5) or interactively at the bootloader + prompt. + + The kernel can still load modules at runtime, with modload(8) + or modules.conf(5), with no bootloader update. This will not + affect release branches because it only applies to patch + numbers >=100. + + On x86 (i386 or amd64) with BIOS boot, this requires copying a + new /usr/mdec/boot to /boot. You can build this in the destdir + by running `$TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$ARCH dependall install' in + sys/arch/i386/stand. + + On platforms with EFI boot (including x86 with EFI boot), this + requires copying a new /usr/mdec/boot*.efi to the EFI/BOOT/ + directory on the EFI system partition. The boot*.efi file is: + + aarch64 bootaa64.efi + amd64 bootx64.efi + arm bootarm.efi (32-bit arm) + i386 bootx32.efi + + You can build this in the destdir by running + `$TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$ARCH dependall install' in + sys/stand/efiboot/boot*. 20220821: Support for building extsrc/ has been deprecated.