13.0-RELEASE schedule update: PR 251866 (unable to boot some modern hardware)

[Graham Perrin]

On 24/03/2021 00:42, Graham Perrin wrote:
> On 23/03/2021 18:57, Glen Barber wrote:
>> At least one issue has been brought to our attention that affects new
>> installations, which as we currently have no precedent for re-rolling
>> ISOs and/or VM images post-release, warrant adding RC4 to the 13.0
>> schedule.
>>
>> Please be advised that we are still only accepting critical changes
>> only, with the exception of a few post-RC3 requests for approval that
>> have trickled in.
>
> …
>
> I should probably plead for the essence of 
> <https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=b304cd9789ca7ff3df629af42a976450e8660a11>, 
> very recently committed to stable/12, to be committed to releng/13.0 
> and main.
>
> If I understand correctly, the effects of PR 251866 
> <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251866> are not 
> limited to vmware.
>
> The same symptoms – essentially, unable to boot – are seen with (for 
> example) HP ProBook 440 G7.
>
> Thanks
>
Sorry! Ignore the suggestion. 
<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=4d6047edb675e52b8fad57135ab3ded8e66d0dac> 
is already in main.

Maybe we need to find (or create) a separate bug for hardware not 
booting with the same symptoms. Not expecting a fix in time for 13.0.