Re: WITH_BEARSSL: -8112 bytes available

On Wed, 31 May 2023 14:41:23 -0600
Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 1:30?PM Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 31 May 2023 12:15:12 -0600
> > Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> 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.

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Gary Jennejohn