From: Tomasz Torcz <zdzichu@irc.pl>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: boot from efi on x86_64
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:40:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061118204013.GA13645@irc.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200611182107.03667.spatz@psybear.com>
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On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 09:07:03PM +0200, Dror Levin wrote:
> looking at the kernel source, after constant failures to boot linux on a core
> 2 imac, has made me understand that only i386 and ia64 support efi booting,
> but x86_64 does not.
> it makes sense, if you think about it... AFAIK, until the new core 2 imacs
> were out there was no x86_64 efi pc, so why should the kernel support it?
Few days ago I played with Intel servers with EM64T Xeons (NetBurst
based). They are x86_64, and motherboard (Intel chipset) utilised EFI.
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Tomasz Torcz "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-18 20:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-18 19:07 boot from efi on x86_64 Dror Levin
2006-11-18 20:40 ` Tomasz Torcz [this message]
2006-11-18 21:09 ` thockin
2006-11-18 21:44 ` Tomasz Torcz
2006-11-19 7:56 ` Andi Kleen
2006-11-21 20:40 ` Dror Levin
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