FreeBSD EFI projects
Greg V
greg at unrelenting.technology
Wed Sep 19 14:42:24 UTC 2018
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Rodney W. Grimes
<freebsd-rwg at 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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