From: Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Subject: Re: installer: defer installboot to pick up apple-boot firmware
To: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 12:43:15 +0100

On 2024/04/07 11:00, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 05:57:02PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > I worry about one thing:  I have seen fw_update get stuck.
> 
> How does this diff make it worse?  finish_up() order change:
>  ...
> -installboot
>  setup /bsd*
>  script sysmerge, fw_update, syspatch on first boot
>  fw_update
> +installboot
>  relink
>  ...

How about running installboot twice - once where it is now, then again
after fw_update (maybe only if fw_update found something to update?)

> If it hangs, you ^C and restart the install.
> Or repair manually, where you must look at code to find out what, anwyway.
> 
> Is there more to it I'm missing?
>