From: "Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: grub2 EFI 64-bit capable of loading 32-bit kernel ?
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:19:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C78C6AA.7060205@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTike6pc=e4=_T-Z8=HAcWrZTSJBTESCCzq5DHpAN@mail.gmail.com>
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On 08/28/2010 09:01 AM, meta tech wrote:
> Hello,
>
First of all please avoid using HTML-formatted messages.
> I have a MacBook with a EFI 64-bit.
> I would like to boot Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit from grub EFI 64-bit.
> Is that possible ?
>
GRUB supports such a config. However Linux EFI support doesn't. Adding
"noefi" to command line workarounds the problem.
> The boot freezes after the following output
>
> ROM image is present
> [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3400, size=0x3d56c0]
> Video mode: 1440x900-32@0
> Display Controller: 2:0.0
> Device id: 64710de
> MMIO(0): 0xe4000000
> VMEM(1): 0xc0000000
> MMIO(3): 0xe2000000
> Frame buffer base : 0xc0030000
> Video line length: 8192
> [Initrd, addr=0x3f7fff000, size=0x7f0349]
>
> That might be a problem of the kernel, or a video problem (my
> investigation are related here
> : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1557326)
>
> I added some "printf" in the "grub_linux_boot" function of the
> "efi/linux.c" file but they are never reached.
>
> Also, I tried to configure grub EFI 64-bit to chainload grub EFI
> 32-bit, but I get the following error :
>
> /EndEntire
> filepath:/ACPI[…]/File(\efi\grub32)/File(grub.efi)/EndEntire
> error: cannot load image.
> Press any key to continue
>
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> I tried to chainload grub EFI 64-bit to grub EFI 64-bit (itself), and
> that works fine.
>
> Are there any restrictions in loading 32-bit from 64-bit versions ?
> I looked in the FAQ and in the source code of "efi/linux.c" but I do
> not see an answer.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> metatech
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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