Re: GPT BIOS boot

[manu%netbsd.org@localhost (Emmanuel Dreyfus)]

Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:

> > Adding GPT support to primary bootstrap (bootxx) seems straightforward,
> > but I still wonder about secondary boostrap (boot). 
> 
> Sure, but it seems clear that either there is a way to pass in the start
> offset, or it has logic to parse partition tables and skip raid
> headers.  Agreed that you and I don't understand it, but it seems
> obviously tractable.

It seems to happen in src/sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/biosdisk.c

But adding the ability to read a GPT inside RAIDframe partition will
require some code refactoring.

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