Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:36:02 +0800 | From | "Li, Aubrey" <> | Subject | Re: [patch] x86: Introduce BOOT_EFI and BOOT_CF9 into the reboot sequence loop |
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On 2014/3/3 8:18, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 03/02/2014 04:07 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 07:23:06AM +0800, Li, Aubrey wrote: >> >>> Windows doesn't do because there is no 32/64 mixed windows and EFI on >>> the planet. Since the silicon is actually 64 bit, I failed to see a >>> reason to refuse the user install 64bit linux on it. So we encountered a >>> case windows didn't. >> >> And we'll call the 32 bit EFI call, so what's the problem?
No problem after Fleming's mixed mode is landed.
>> >>> So, you didn't mention BOOT_BIOS, if you don't want to add BOOT_BIOS, >>> and you also don't like DMI entires, how do you want to deal with the >>> machines requiring BOOT_BIOS to reboot their machine? >> >> I was planning on ignoring them. >>
Well, I'm fine to ignore BOOT_BIOS because I don't have one in hand, but I'll bother you again with the same logic when I have one, heihei. Do you need me to refine the patch to remove BOOT_BIOS?
> > I suspect we'll never get away from having a DMI table, if nothing else > because we can't test enough, but the current situation where it seems > like we need to add every since Dell box to the DMI table is clearly broken. > > -hpa > Agree, definitely.
Thanks, -Aubrey
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