On 2016-03-07 17:24, Steven Hartland wrote:> On 07/03/2016 16:43, Will Green wrote: >>> On 4 Mar 2016, at 18:49, Mark Dixon <mnd999 at hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Will Green <will <at> sundivenetworks.com> writes: >>> >>>> I am happy to test patches and/or current on this server if that >>>> helps. If >>> you want more details on the >>>> motherboard/system I have started a post on it at >>> http://buildwithbsd.org/hw/skylake_xeon_server.html >>> I've made the UEFI switch which worked fine, but I'm also happy to >>> help out >>> with testing if anyone looks at this. >> Are you booting from ZFS? >> Unless I?ve missed something this isn?t yet supported by the >> installer, but it is possible to get working manually. >> >> > Pretty sure you missed something and those changes where merged, imp > should be able to confirm.You're right: that was an error on my part. I've now got ZFS boot working with UEFI. :) I booted the Skylake motherboard with FreeBSD-10.3-RC1-amd64-uefi-memstick.img and it successfully installed to ZFS *and* loaded at normal speed. Looks like UEFI is the way to go on Skylake systems. All tests have gone well so far. Thanks
On 2016-03-07 16:21, Will Green wrote:> On 2016-03-07 17:24, Steven Hartland wrote: >> On 07/03/2016 16:43, Will Green wrote: >>>> On 4 Mar 2016, at 18:49, Mark Dixon <mnd999 at hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Will Green <will <at> sundivenetworks.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> I am happy to test patches and/or current on this server if that >>>>> helps. If >>>> you want more details on the >>>>> motherboard/system I have started a post on it at >>>> http://buildwithbsd.org/hw/skylake_xeon_server.html >>>> I've made the UEFI switch which worked fine, but I'm also happy to >>>> help out >>>> with testing if anyone looks at this. >>> Are you booting from ZFS? >>> Unless I?ve missed something this isn?t yet supported by the >>> installer, but it is possible to get working manually. >>> >>> >> Pretty sure you missed something and those changes where merged, imp >> should be able to confirm. > > You're right: that was an error on my part. I've now got ZFS boot > working with UEFI. :) > > I booted the Skylake motherboard with > FreeBSD-10.3-RC1-amd64-uefi-memstick.img and it successfully installed > to ZFS *and* loaded at normal speed. Looks like UEFI is the way to go > on Skylake systems. All tests have gone well so far. > > ThanksI noted the same. Legacy on my Skylake laptop was slow as molasses. UEFI Rocks. -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler at lerctr.org US Mail: 7011 W Parmer Ln, Apt 1115, Austin, TX 78729-6961
Its worth noting you can also select BEs from beastie now as well. On 7 March 2016 at 22:21, Will Green <will at sundivenetworks.com> wrote:> On 2016-03-07 17:24, Steven Hartland wrote: > >> On 07/03/2016 16:43, Will Green wrote: >> >>> On 4 Mar 2016, at 18:49, Mark Dixon <mnd999 at hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Will Green <will <at> sundivenetworks.com> writes: >>>> >>>> I am happy to test patches and/or current on this server if that helps. >>>>> If >>>>> >>>> you want more details on the >>>> >>>>> motherboard/system I have started a post on it at >>>>> >>>> http://buildwithbsd.org/hw/skylake_xeon_server.html >>>> I've made the UEFI switch which worked fine, but I'm also happy to help >>>> out >>>> with testing if anyone looks at this. >>>> >>> Are you booting from ZFS? >>> Unless I?ve missed something this isn?t yet supported by the installer, >>> but it is possible to get working manually. >>> >>> >>> Pretty sure you missed something and those changes where merged, imp >> should be able to confirm. >> > > You're right: that was an error on my part. I've now got ZFS boot working > with UEFI. :) > > I booted the Skylake motherboard with > FreeBSD-10.3-RC1-amd64-uefi-memstick.img and it successfully installed to > ZFS *and* loaded at normal speed. Looks like UEFI is the way to go on > Skylake systems. All tests have gone well so far. > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable at freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe at freebsd.org" >