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authorWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2017-12-14 17:00:24 +0000
committerWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2017-12-14 17:00:24 +0000
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Turn loader GELI support in the boot loaders off by default as a
temporary workaround. This fixes zfs booting generally, but breaks all GELI booting by default. Add note to UPDATING to this effect. When the GELI issues are resolved, this will be reverted.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=326857
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@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
****************************** SPECIAL WARNING: ******************************
+20171214:
+ r362593 broke ZFS + GELI support for reasons unknown. However,
+ it also broke ZFS support generally, so GELI has been turned off
+ by default as the lessor evil in r326857. If you boot off ZFS and/or
+ GELI, it might not be a good time to update.
+
20171125:
PowerPC users must update loader(8) by rebuilding world before
installing a new kernel, as the protocol connecting them has