Author: emaste
Date: Tue Feb 16 03:50:56 2016
New Revision: 295652
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/295652

Log:
  MFC r295497: Update uefi.8 for ZFS and multi device boot support
  
  Approved by:  re (gjb)

Modified:
  stable/10/share/man/man8/uefi.8
Directory Properties:
  stable/10/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/10/share/man/man8/uefi.8
==============================================================================
--- stable/10/share/man/man8/uefi.8     Tue Feb 16 02:23:39 2016        
(r295651)
+++ stable/10/share/man/man8/uefi.8     Tue Feb 16 03:50:56 2016        
(r295652)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 14, 2016
+.Dd February 15, 2016
 .Dt UEFI 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -83,9 +83,17 @@ passes the configuration to the next sta
 itself act on the contents of the file.
 .It
 .Pa boot1.efi
-locates the first partition with the type
-.Li freebsd-ufs ,
-and from it loads
+searches partitions of type
+.Li freebsd-ufs
+and
+.Li freebsd-zfs
+for
+.Pa loader.efi .
+The search begins with partitions on the device from which
+.Pa boot1.efi
+was loaded, and continues with other available partitions.
+.Pa boot1.efi
+then loads and executes
 .Pa loader.efi .
 .It
 .Pa loader.efi
@@ -146,19 +154,3 @@ Foundation sponsored portions of the wor
 EFI environment variables are not supported by
 .Xr loader 8
 or the kernel.
-.Pp
-.Pa boot1.efi
-loads
-.Pa loader.efi
-from the first FreeBSD-UFS file system it locates, even if it is on a
-different disk.
-.Pp
-.Pa boot1.efi
-cannot load
-.Pa loader.efi
-from a
-.Xr ZFS 8
-file system.
-As a result,
-.Nm
-does not support a typical root file system on ZFS configuration.
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