From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1HiylL-0006Pb-GP for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 16:15:51 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HiylJ-0006KX-DS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 16:15:49 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HiylH-0006Fp-Tg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 16:15:48 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HiylH-0006FF-Nm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 16:15:47 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hiyev-0008Co-VU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 16:09:14 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=aragorn) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hiyer-0005dQ-0A; Tue, 01 May 2007 22:09:10 +0200 Received: from rmh by aragorn with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hiyfh-0005dT-D8; Tue, 01 May 2007 22:10:01 +0200 Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 22:10:01 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20070501201001.GA21299@aragorn> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Microsoft discourages use of Outlook. X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: grub2@packages.debian.org Subject: EFI and binary distributors X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 20:15:49 -0000 Hi there, What is the recommended way for binary distributors of GRUB to support PC/BIOS and EFI at the same time? Is it possible to build a mixed binary that supports both systems somehow? (and if it isn't, are there plans or ongoing work for that?) Also, which are the cpu platforms that may use EFI? From what I could find, it seems that: - ia32 doesn't have it - ia64 always has it - amd64 only has it on Intel-Macs, and will have it on more devices in the future Am I missing something? -- Robert Millan My spam trap is honeypot@aybabtu.com. Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list.