From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LKS8L-00068e-EY for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:43:17 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKS8I-00065j-SJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:43:14 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKS8H-00064b-OW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:43:14 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48645 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKS8H-00064E-9p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:43:13 -0500 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.168]:60469) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKS8G-0003xF-Se for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:43:13 -0500 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 28so9954987wfc.24 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:43:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=Y8lfjFd38mxUfveTOMC9Y6fRQTneX7e3AstS2PzSB68=; b=qxVLuXiKx7//EIx6evurDf4W7aK3W9s0bn2lEUAK+vTp276QMc3GHKzTHAbuNGQHoH GoO7DC3Buyb/aqUYZYI6AhQ+GKWyQLyaptLC2YFvxwZnAr3jrtECyTIyihAToeU8SRVF 88gr7d36pJiDrZb/NQHco0q83SiS47s6D8VuA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:message-id; b=XdXOVsqbI1MVMYOIJppum2xsq/cGR12JXVR/oGO3s0652vzdXa4mn8tJcmbyy1baRU HSy7LQG5bEqrqnduq984aqIFoJ1m+pD+GaUzu+8JErsKnhCbDHBCJnTN2lMFqomWWjew nGdwZJOqVgP19JxqT19jYaOhD0fozgAJTiEs0= Received: by 10.142.43.7 with SMTP id q7mr9518544wfq.207.1231310591963; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:43:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from emperor.donotshake.net ([128.208.60.55]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 31sm41033268wff.3.2009.01.06.22.43.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:43:11 -0800 (PST) From: Ziling Zhao To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:43:06 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <90cb5db20901061342x6c517037u26f50ef7e6bfb36c@mail.gmail.com> <48f46e890901062054i3bfbcf52l17320cecc540b6b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200901062243.07171.zilingzhao@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: EFI Boot on MacPro 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: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:43:15 -0000 On Tuesday 06 January 2009 21:14:48 Bean wrote: > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:54 PM, peter cros wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The kernel vesion may be the bug there, I have found grub.efi needs > > 2.6.26 or later, configured with EFI enabled, else the result is similar > > to yours. > > > > I have had a grub.efi test package built from vesion 1913, running in > > ubuntuforums.com (apple intel) for a while, a number of people tried it. > > > > grub.efi it would load and run for Apple MacBook2,1, Apple mini2,1 > > MacBook pro 2,2 or earlier , i.e. none of the current Apple MacBooks, but > > no reports for Apple xserver, Imac or Mac Pro. > > Later models have switched to 64-bit firmware, you need to use > x86_64-efi version of grub2. Which models switched to 64bit firmware? Form the looks of it, all of them are still using EFI 1.x, does Grub2 support EFI 1.x with x86_64? I believe the kernel version that I am running is 2.6.27. I'll try again with the x86_64 version of Grub2 tomorrow. ~Ziling Zhao