Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86_64 EFI support -v3: EFI document | Date | Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:08:00 +0200 |
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> The needed code changing is minimal. In fact, I can boot 32bit Linux > kernel on my x86_64 EFI machine. With setup as follow: > > 1. Apply the efi-fb.patch Just for the frame buffer, right?
> 2. make efi fb driver not depend on EFI > 3. configure kernel as follow: > a. CONFIG_EFI is turned off > b. CONFIG_FB_EFI is turned on
Hmm, how does the 32bit kernel know where the e820 map is passed then? With CONFIG_EFI turned off it will just ask the real mode BIOS I think and I doubt elilo simulates that.
Or did you apply more patches?
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