Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:13:24 -0400 From: Eric McCorkle <eric@shadowsun.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC: EFI on intel Message-ID: <4F7B7604.6090703@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) --------------enig28B364A43523696C6C9E4DF6 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------090402030200090909000405" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090402030200090909000405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/03/12 13:22, Doug Ambrisko wrote: > Eric McCorkle writes: > | I'm assessing possible summer of code projects, and the EFI work caug= ht > | my attention. I've been running FreeBSD on a macbook for a little un= der > | a year now, and booting on EFI is definitely an interest to me. Does= > | anyone know if this is still a viable project proposal? I certainly > | have the skills to undertake it, I just want to make sure that it sta= nds > | a chance of actually being selected. > > 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 Based on the feedback I've gotten, I've gone ahead and submitted the proposal. It should be available, and I can edit it up to the 6th. --=20 Eric McCorkle Computer Science Ph.D Student eric@shadowsun.net --------------090402030200090909000405-- --------------enig28B364A43523696C6C9E4DF6 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) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPe3YJAAoJENSCzbQ+koZ7zEEQAI/XufcX5j3gqlYxO05df6nP nvexIxeaeXW+sr3zUduUevLsn6BARWMxkemjkVDKUX+3UkN/Wk7roCrwxhqEQ4nj udwUpkvQQIOc1/n70d8mpF4+LiEtxlWsgBWGy8q280T+nrqqSbmdwQU/8LMypvk1 Z21eT2wxM5JnvadFyxgSc24zXwAlR4M8Ku9MvQwM741mlgoyl0POC5/4byH1lsHi Nqe+yhSXPyLk0bfwkPO80ofFwZbSuKvkU1xoYeGquxcsV6V/0QyN0WXq2yxIXFJy mRGr7nXXscoZ1mYDOle6dchUgktlAlVppVbwqNsGunqHZkO4KEcHeYeUelqF5B+Q qcEZqpiymbKmNtvyGVU7u1BRZ6ebinRjGRu+Tks/UHsynVOChoFgw0KImdpeBvcc oKaala5yUD5zkzAIpnbB2a8aO+TZQXVelRP4Z7YZlDON7tpzAgdMlRTe/C8DqKew /lZkTTUCSEJ8ySicsp+oZBnqLjUTORBqZ8o9S0GZg5vZKQkNtbYYMqnWV/CWhu9K nYDkuWjXcbcrm1hc2pdKBDLv06oQM76tNHiKQmYdtifR7NI0EZPBRb48uxLatDYf V4d05nz+YjBcREc5wxSHbEAyVQ0ZRbNfT9C8vwL5/CTSTK3sc+awY4pAfLKeM398 qw9vAG/enwDDQcukxLLW =oPcr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig28B364A43523696C6C9E4DF6--
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