Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 09:54:11 +0100 From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/efi/libefi copy.c elf_freebsd.c src/sys/boot/ia64/libski copy.c elf_freebsd.c src/sys/ia64/acpica madt.c src/sys/ia64/ia64 interrupt.c machdep.c mem.c mp_machdep.c trap.c unwind.c src/sys/ia64/include cpufunc.h db_machdep.h ... Message-ID: <200205210954.11393.dfr@nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <2795.1021925266@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <2795.1021925266@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Monday 20 May 2002 9:07 pm, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20020520200445.998BC380A@overcee.wemm.org>, Peter Wemm writ= es: > >Basically write some userland tools to create it according to the spec= s > > and make sure EFI likes it. It Shouldn't Be *That* Hard(TM) :-). > > > >It's a convenient time to do it since it's pure 64 bit, and with the U= FS2 > > and large file system stuff in the pipeline, it would be convenient t= o > > not have to invent Yet Another Proprietary Format. > > We're on our way, but it would be nice catching a wild one for compat > testing. Since there are no bogus limitations on numbers of partitions etc. we cou= ld=20 even use GPT partitions directly on EFI platforms instead of subdividing = a=20 single GPT partition using disklabel (which is typically limited to only = six=20 usable partitions). --=20 Doug Rabson=09=09=09=09Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com =09=09=09=09=09Phone: +44 20 8348 6160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message
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