Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:33:47 -0400 From: Eric McCorkle <eric@shadowsun.net> To: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC: EFI on intel Message-ID: <4F7B347B.6000400@shadowsun.net> In-Reply-To: <201204031722.q33HMD6u051412@ambrisko.com> References: <201204031722.q33HMD6u051412@ambrisko.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD7372AA69EB025FDEEDF8B30 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------060308050004040005090806" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060308050004040005090806 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/03/12 13:22, Doug Ambrisko wrote: > EFI is a good task. For generic PC's we need an X64 format. The curre= nt > version in FreeBSD is IA32 format. The X64 can boot i386/amd64. > Qemu can be used to test both IA32 and X64 formats. I added some > notes about this on the wiki at: > http://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage#EFI_support_for_FreeBSD.2BAC8-i386_a= nd_FreeBSD.2BAC8-amd64_.28GSoC.29 > > Qemu is nice since it can runs an UEFI BIOS via the OVMF project > and emulate a DOS file system by pointing qemu to a directory. So > then it is easy to build something, toss it into a directory, start > qemu and test. > > Thanks, > > Doug A. I'm drafting an application right now. I emailed the listed contacts (Rui Paulo and Andrey Elsukov) a moment ago. I've done background research on this already, as part of getting FreeBSD to work on Mac hardware. QEMU caught my attention as a testbed. Also, I found out Apple EFI implementations are non-standard.=20 They specifically look for an HFS+ partition and load a specific file.=20 The workaround is pretty simple, of course: just wrap the boot loader in an HFS+ image and write it to a partition reserved for that purpose. Anyway, if I'm going to propose this, I need to list possible mentors.=20 Skill-wise, I'm well equipped to take it on. I anticipate needing someone who's a committer, preferably with good knowledge of the kernel sources. --=20 Eric McCorkle Computer Science Ph.D Student eric@shadowsun.net --------------060308050004040005090806-- --------------enigD7372AA69EB025FDEEDF8B30 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPezSCAAoJENSCzbQ+koZ7pocQAIwuy6EPX08VZ2xPLzn7rsMt /2g7MLPqVnSk39lUUBt5eC2iMVO7aM8sK7GHxoZd8nSFLz/loUIw+9wXH2QP+Arx gx96UCDgYrYJkGgRBhJ1y/YJkHm9lSYJw0PxjtlveegcfAhsvRPRb+FGt5a393oe CSjFtK9laupZaAdqFwpnaWtd3aaOucSQ5ahJiiHOg74dUIyz+NB0jc4DgZ2y7Jn1 dYh6GpJUD2hbTqm24vnaoLn+g/kn1LvEOLUI0qYE/rZnlFg3HaeinJf9YmBd1x2p 8U1C9OAbwgIDM25n6spqfyzjRBUSKrhfakatOmIPMfidv43vUdPBvrRUJ5NX2Juj Xg76vgJXvDjThPKadwHiiNQrJ8llqlEZSSE9iP/JsL6xsNeP06RZSwZcruzX+AXm DaF0Xy16QH2MPJC9t1L2yEVyXZEveVgryN1On0no5uzREUOLeFFD2KpNKx/zZwvH thlAAFu07s5DxRrS0smtYl5lnIk02eCdVccUH1w8AxTIZGqEzYf2MQu+7p5DXfWJ Cu2dv+M4nG9NwWvXRHsl+TyXi0LWGN1ffpEUHdDmi4PO0E20EGOiz7lFW5Qeda82 4D5WD8+vRpIj7GyrHF4e+OZdLZkHROk9mbs20411ib0hmba52tE3q+IveeEX75vJ BIj2dF+QPk0P0k4k4ghv =d6Vv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD7372AA69EB025FDEEDF8B30--
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