git: 2238c247d4 - main - handbook: The freebsd-boot 512KB limit is for legacy BIOS

The branch main has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=2238c247d4a487ea7c94e6990eccb537bb44c603

commit 2238c247d4a487ea7c94e6990eccb537bb44c603
Author:     Ed Maste <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2025-08-05 14:33:20 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2025-08-05 16:56:32 +0000

    handbook: The freebsd-boot 512KB limit is for legacy BIOS
    
    A question[1] on Reddit asked about the 512KB freebsd-boot limit due to
    "current boot code limitations" in the context of EFI booting.  Be clear
    that this is aobut legacy BIOS booting.
    
    This section should have a larger rework for EFI, but this is at least
    an improvement for the existing text.
    
    [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1mia9z6/boot_partition_over_512kb_works_fine/
    
    Reviewed by:    imp
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51702
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 documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc
index 5f24e4c43f..83acfe30e7 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ The `Size` may be entered with common abbreviations: _K_ for kilobytes, _M_ for
 ====
 Proper sector alignment provides the best performance, and making partition sizes even multiples of 4K bytes helps to ensure alignment on drives with either 512-byte or 4K-byte sectors.
 Generally, using partition sizes that are even multiples of 1M or 1G is the easiest way to make sure every partition starts at an even multiple of 4K.
-There is one exception: the _freebsd-boot_ partition should be no larger than 512K due to current boot code limitations.
+There is one exception: a _freebsd-boot_ partition for BIOS booting should be no larger than 512K due to legacy boot code limitations.
+This limitation does not apply to UEFI booting.
 ====
 
 A `Mountpoint` is needed if the partition will contain a file system.