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[PATCH v1 11/18] website: review FreeBSD page index and convert to GNU B
From: |
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli |
Subject: |
[PATCH v1 11/18] website: review FreeBSD page index and convert to GNU Boot point of view. |
Date: |
Sun, 13 Oct 2024 17:13:16 +0200 |
As the page is quite similar to the NetBSD and OpenBSD pages,
it should contain similar changes.
Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
---
website/pages/docs/bsd/freebsd.md | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/website/pages/docs/bsd/freebsd.md
b/website/pages/docs/bsd/freebsd.md
index b907063..13bb7f8 100644
--- a/website/pages/docs/bsd/freebsd.md
+++ b/website/pages/docs/bsd/freebsd.md
@@ -1,15 +1,30 @@
---
title: How to install FreeBSD on x86 GNU GRUB payload
-x-unreviewed: true
...
-FreeBSD might show graphical corruption during bootup. You can fix this by
-altering the order in which kernel modules/drivers are loaded. First, try
moving
-video to an earlier stage on the boot process, or try moving it to a later
stage
-instead. With this, you should be able to get a working display.
+This guide was written for FreeBSD at a time where Libreboot was still
+fully free.
-freebsd.img is the installation image for FreeBSD. Adapt the filename
-accordingly, for whatever FreeBSD version you use.
+FreeBSD is not a fully free softrware operating system / distribution
+and so the GNU Boot project can't force its contributors to test GNU
+Boot with FreeBSD.
+
+Because of that this page is only meant for people already Using
+FreeBSD. See the [BSD index page](index.md) for more details about how
+GNU Boot deals with this issue and the way forward to a better support
+for BSD systems in GNU Boot.
+
+According to the Libreboot project at the time, FreeBSD might show
+graphical corruption during bootup. They also advised that you could
+fix this by altering the order in which kernel modules/drivers were
+loaded. First, by trying to move video to an earlier stage on the boot
+process, or by trying to move it to a later stage instead. They
+advised that with this, you should have been able to get a working
+display.
+
+They also told that freebsd.img was the installation image for
+FreeBSD. And that you might have to adapt the filename accordingly,
+for whatever FreeBSD version you used.
Prepare the USB drive (in FreeBSD)
----------------------------------
@@ -113,11 +128,12 @@ TODO
Troubleshooting
===============
-Most of these issues occur when using libreboot with coreboot's 'text
-mode' instead of the coreboot framebuffer. This mode is useful for
-booting payloads like memtest86+ which expect text-mode, but for FreeBSD
-it can be problematic when they are trying to switch to a framebuffer
-because it doesn't exist.
+According to the Libreboot project at a time when it was still fully
+free, most of the issues occur when using coreboot's 'text mode'
+instead of the coreboot framebuffer. This mode is useful for booting
+payloads like memtest86+ which expect text-mode, but for FreeBSD,
+accodring to Libreboot at the time, it can be problematic when they
+are trying to switch to a framebuffer because it doesn't exist.
In most cases, you should use the corebootfb ROM images. There ROM images
have `corebootfb` in the file name, and they start in a high resolution frame
--
2.46.0
- [PATCH v1 01/18] website: configure.ac: check for sed., (continued)
- [PATCH v1 01/18] website: configure.ac: check for sed., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 03/18] website: configure.ac: always check for printf., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 13/18] website: misc: codenames: review and add GNU Boot context., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 07/18] website: remove history/git-history.jpg, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 09/18] website: review OpenBSD page index and convert to GNU Boot point of view., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 12/18] website: move contrib.md in history, rename git.md to contribute.md., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 14/18] website: docs: grub: review and add GNU Boot context., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 15/18] packages: website: release: help: fix program name., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 17/18] website: docs: build: fix link syntax., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 18/18] website: Makefile.am: serve: update target name in message., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13
- [PATCH v1 11/18] website: review FreeBSD page index and convert to GNU Boot point of view.,
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <=
- [PATCH v1 16/18] website: deploy: rsync: use --delete., Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2024/10/13