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authorgjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2014-09-08 14:59:53 +0000
committergjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2014-09-08 14:59:53 +0000
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- Refine entry for r271130 since a follow-up commit
adds 64-bit libstand. - Document r271135, initial UEFI boot support. - Document r271136, boot1.efi, boot1.efifat, loader.efi installed to /boot. Approved by: re (implicit) Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
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@@ -404,9 +404,40 @@
<para revision="271130" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The
<filename class="directory">sys/boot/</filename> sources
have been rearranged, moving &man.libstand.3; to a directory
- indicating the library is built as 32-bit. A 64-bit version
- of &man.libstand.3; will be added in a future &os;
- release.</para>
+ indicating the library is built as 32-bit.</para>
+
+ <para revision="271135" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The
+ &man.libstand.3; library has been updated to produce
+ a 64-bit shared library for the &os;/&arch.amd64; and
+ &os;/&arch.powerpc64; architectures.</para>
+
+ <para revision="271135" contrib="sponsor"
+ sponsor="&ff;">Initial support for <acronym>UEFI</acronym>
+ boot has been added.</para>
+
+ <para revision="271136" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">Three
+ new files are installed to <filename
+ class="directory">/boot</filename>, supporting
+ <acronym>UEFI</acronym> boot:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>boot1.efi</filename>: The
+ <acronym>UEFI</acronym> first stage bootstrap
+ file.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>boot1.efifat</filename>:
+ A <acronym>FAT</acronym> filesystem image containing
+ an <acronym>EFI</acronym> system partition.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>loader.efi</filename>: The third stage
+ bootstrap file.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3 xml:id="proc">
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