On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Jack Howarth <howarth.mailing.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > While evaluating various Linux distributions for repurposing a > MacBook Pro 2,1 as a Linux box, I was pleasantly surprised to find > that not only was Fedora unique in producing a bootable disk without > resorting to the presence of an OS x partition with eEFind, but that > it was unique in being about to boot the x86_64 linux kernel from > EFI-32 firmware. > Can anyone explain how that feature is implemented in Fedora 24? > Is it related to the failback.efi or do you have an enhanced > BOOTX64.efi which can shims between the EFI-64 calls of the x86_64 > kernel and the EFI-32 firmware on the MacBook 2,1? If so, is the code > for that feature hosted somewhere on github where the other Linux > distributions can use it as well. I assume this EFI-32 support for > booting the x86_64 kernel extends to the PC motherboards with bios > support for only EFI-32 as well. http://mjg59.livejournal.com/132477.html https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/26734.html -- Chris Murphy _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
