Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 17:42:01 +0300 From: Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bluestop.org>, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD EFI projects Message-ID: <1537368121.5568.1@hraggstad.unrelenting.technology> In-Reply-To: <201809191434.w8JEY41Z024163@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <76404aad-40f3-e3ad-35b1-949fb5afb086@bluestop.org> <201809191434.w8JEY41Z024163@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: >> On 9/18/18 4:11 AM, Greg V wrote: >> >> > >> > I can confirm that the kernel already worked fine when booted from >> > 32-bit EFI. >> > >> > I booted an old Mac into HardenedBSD using a 32-bit-EFI build of >> GRUB2 :) >> >> >> Was that a 64-bit version of FreeBSD? My understanding is the 32-bit >> FreeBSD boots fine, but 64-bit needs work. > > You would be hard pressed to find a system with a 64 bit CPU that > could run 64 bit FreeBSD that had a 32 bit EFI implementation. Mac mini 2006 with a Core2Duo instead of the stock CoreDuo (and the 2007 model's firmware flashed, but I don't think that impacts FreeBSD). And probably just the 2007 model as well :) Also, IIRC there were some Intel Atom tablets with 32-bit EFI.
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