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loader.efi: efiblk_memdisk_preload passes the VirtualDisks to FreeBSD
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Authored by imp on Jun 24 2026, 6:29 AM.
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Set hint.md.%d.physaddr and hint.md.%d.len for each of the VirtualDisks.
The memory for these remains after we exit boot services so FreeBSD can
use them. This leverages the BIOS work we did for memdisks. In
hindsight, I should have passed this in via metadata, but it's been in a
release.

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imp requested review of this revision.Jun 24 2026, 6:29 AM
This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.Jun 26 2026, 2:59 PM
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