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27*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Dd April 25, 2019
28*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Dt LOADER.EFI 8
29*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Os
30*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Sh NAME
31*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Nm loader.efi
32*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Nd UEFI kernel loader
33*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Sh DESCRIPTION
34*2b6d38a1SWarner LoshOn UEFI systems,
35*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Nm
36*2b6d38a1SWarner Loshloads the kernel.
37*2b6d38a1SWarner LoshIt is installed into the ESP (EFI System Partition), either in the
38*2b6d38a1SWarner Loshdefault location of
39*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Pa /efi/boot/bootXXX.efi
40*2b6d38a1SWarner Loshwithin the ESP, in the
41*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Fx
42*2b6d38a1SWarner Loshreserved area as
43*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Pa /efi/freebsd/loader.efi
44*2b6d38a1SWarner Loshwithin the ESP ,
45*2b6d38a1SWarner Loshor within the system as
46*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Pa /boot/loader.efi .
47*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Xr boot1.efi 8
48*2b6d38a1SWarner Loshis used to load
49*2b6d38a1SWarner Losh.Nm
50*2b6d38a1SWarner Loshwhen it is placed within the system.
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