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Date:      Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:12:13 +0000
From:      Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: interrupt framework
Message-ID:  <20150122101213.5b0f6aea@bender.lan>
In-Reply-To: <74044D4B-A841-48E0-88CD-73B659454B86@bsdimp.com>
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:32:47 -0700
Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 21, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz>
> > wrote:
> >=20
> > On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:50:14 -0700
> > Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
> >> =E2=80=9Cusually=E2=80=9D? I thought it was always 100%: We=E2=80=99re=
 wither using FDT or
> >> we=E2=80=99re not. Some platforms allow compiling for both (mostly as a
> >> transition aid to FDT), but I=E2=80=99m not aware of any that would be=
 a
> >> mix.
> >=20
> > There may be a case on arm64 to use both fdt and ACPI. In this case
> > it would be used as a transition to add support for ACPI as some
> > hardware may require it.
>=20
> Speaking of ACPI, will/can arm64 use UEFI? The two seem to be joined
> at the hip these days=E2=80=A6

On servers I expect UEFI to be used. For more embedded devices, e.g.
phones or tablets, the boot environment will be less standardised.

Andrew



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