EFI/ZFS Update: successful tests, need more complex vdevs

[Allan Jude]

On 2016-01-15 09:18, krad wrote:
> this is totally awesome. I might finally be able to upgrade the firmware on
> a bunch of intel nucs i run now. There was some bug and the
> never recognized the gptzfs boot code on anything but ancient firmware.
> Booting via efi should make this go away and i can apply the latest
> firmwares which will remove a bit more buggy behaviour.
> 
> Will the current boot strap work ok with stable, or should I wait for the
> MFC?
> 
> Its the 2820 nuc boards btw
> 
> 

Hey, before you change the firmware or reinstall the NUC with UEFI

Can you try installing using the 'zfs auto' menu item in bsdinstall, and
set the partition type to 'gpt + active', and see if that works on the
NUC? If it does, I'll look at making the installer detect that hardware
and work around that problem.

-- 
Allan Jude

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