linux-kernel - Re: boot from efi on x86

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Date:	Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:44:50 +0100
From:	Tomasz Torcz <zdzichu@....pl>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: boot from efi on x86_64

On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 01:09:57PM -0800, thockin@...kin.org wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 09:40:13PM +0100, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> but did it use GRUB or elilo ?

 Both GRUB (Ubuntu 6.10/FC5/FC6) and standard LILO (Slackware 11). I
guess BIOS compatability was turned on.

-- 
Tomasz Torcz               "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station
zdzichu@....-nie.spam-.pl    wagon filled with backup tapes." -- Jim Gray


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