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Introduce the ZFS Boot Environments menu to the loader menu

Description

Introduce the ZFS Boot Environments menu to the loader menu

If the system was booted with ZFS, a new menu item (#7) appears
It contains an autogenerated list of ZFS Boot Environments

This allows the user to switch to an alternate root file system
Use Cases:

  • Revert a failed upgrade
  • Concurrently run different versions of FreeBSD with common home directory
  • Easier integration with the sysadmin/beadm utility

Requested by: many
Reviewed by: dteske
MFC after: 10 days
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3167