Re: bootx64.efi and diskless boot

[Paul Ripke <stix%stix.id.au@localhost>]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 07:57:20PM -0800, aran%100acres.us@localhost wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> Good suggestions.  
> 
> > First thing to check is if there is a firmware update for your mainboard.
> 
> Yes.  For what it is worth, it net boots NetBSD with the BIOS loader and it was
> net booting FreeBSD.
> 
> > Next thing I would suggest to try is using bootx64.efi from current, it should
> > be able to deal with your 10.1 kernel, so no need to modify anything on the
> > target machines installation.
> 
> I made the change from PR #59978 so it will actually get nfs.kmod.  This has the
> same problem.  The hardware boots efi off of the USB media.
> 
> Since the only interesting argument to ExitBootServices is the memory map, I
> have to wonder if that is incorrect some how.

PR #59151 might be RTYI - I also found memory map issues with our efiboot
on a new motherboard; although I think in a different place.

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