Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:02:34 -0800 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: "Lundberg, Johannes" <johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Joe Holden <mail@m.jwh.me.uk> Subject: Re: Bay Trail 32bit UEFI Message-ID: <9198708.r56Xi4muft@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <CAASDrV=qpUaco4dPWqu7kGw55ve3wYyMS5bgyauTO12gXcpRNw@mail.gmail.com> References: <56D29AF6.50401@m.jwh.me.uk> <4073395.HnTjdCHcSr@ralph.baldwin.cx> <CAASDrV=qpUaco4dPWqu7kGw55ve3wYyMS5bgyauTO12gXcpRNw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, March 01, 2016 05:45:04 PM Lundberg, Johannes wrote: > CherryTrail devices/boards with 64bit UEFI are already out. Upgrading the > hardware is one solution (I did). > > I never did try FreeBSD on BayTrail but for running Linux on BayTrail I > used special built Grub that was 32bit but could load 64bit OS. Could this > kind of Grub boot a 64bit FreeBSD, I wonder? Mmm, booting an amd64 kernel from an i386 UEFI loader would be a bit more work. OTOH, in the non-UEFI case we use an i386 loader that boots an amd64 kernel, so it isn't impossible. -- John Baldwin
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