On Thu, 2017-07-06 at 15:42 +0200, Jaroslav Reznik wrote: > = System Wide Change: 32 bit UEFI Support = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/32BitUefiSupport > > Change owner(s): > Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Some x86 systems ship with a 64 bit CPU, but 32 bit UEFI firmware. It > is possible to use a 32 bit UEFI grub build to boot a 64 bit kernel > and distribution on these systems. So far this setup has not been > supported in Fedora. This feature is about adding support for > installing and booting Fedora on this hardware. > > == Detailed Description == > To add support for booting Fedora x86_64 on x86 systems with 32 bit > UEFI firmware a number of (small) changes to grub, various EFI related > userspace tools and anaconda are necessary. See Scope for more > details. > > == Scope == > * Proposal owners: > ** The x86_64 grub2 packages will need to include an extra grub build, > next to the current classic BIOS and 64 bit UEFI build a new 32 bit > UEFI build will be added to the x86_64 packages. > ** This new grub will need to be added to the various x86_64 boot media > ** A few EFI userspace utilities need to be updated to work with 32 bit x86 UEFI > ** The installer (anaconda) needs some changes to the bootloader > installation code to install the 32 bit UEFI grub binary > > * Other developers: > > No changes are necessary outside of the affected packages > > * Release engineering: [1] > ** List of deliverables: > This feature should be enabled on all non cloud/container x86_64 images > > * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change) > > * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) > > [1] https://pagure.io/releng/issue/6879 D'oh - why'd this have to get announced *right* after I gave away my Baytrail tablet? :) -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
