From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1HizWV-0002iz-9X for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 17:04:35 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HizWT-0002iG-9Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 17:04:33 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HizWR-0002hW-NF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 17:04:32 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HizWR-0002hP-J3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 17:04:31 -0400 Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.27]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HizQ6-0005pb-2c for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 16:57:58 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l41Kvs9o017059; Tue, 1 May 2007 22:57:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) From: Marco Gerards To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20070501201001.GA21299@aragorn> Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 23:03:31 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20070501201001.GA21299@aragorn> (Robert Millan's message of "Tue, 1 May 2007 22:10:01 +0200") Message-ID: <87r6q0gst8.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 Cc: grub2@packages.debian.org Subject: Re: 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 21:04:33 -0000 Robert Millan writes: Hi, > 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?) Currently there is a i386-efi.rmk. Perhaps this can be merged somehow with i386-pc.rmk? I assume this is what Robert means. I won't object to this, although I wonder what Okuji thinks of this. > Also, which are the cpu platforms that may use EFI? From what I could find, > it seems that: > > - ia32 doesn't have it My MacBook does. > - ia64 always has it > - amd64 only has it on Intel-Macs, and will have it on more devices in > the future There are some non-apple boards that does. But usually on servers, where one normally needs big partitions. It's safe to assume EFI can be used anywhere or even will eventually show up on every kind of PC system you can think of. -- Marco