Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:12:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-projects@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r246100 - projects/uefi Message-ID: <201301300012.r0U0Cpj3009058@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: benno Date: Wed Jan 30 00:12:51 2013 New Revision: 246100 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/246100 Log: Add a statement of intent. Sponsored by: FreeBSD Foundation Added: projects/uefi/UEFI-TODO.txt Added: projects/uefi/UEFI-TODO.txt ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ projects/uefi/UEFI-TODO.txt Wed Jan 30 00:12:51 2013 (r246100) @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +/* FreeBSD */ + +Part the First: 64-bit EFI loader + +- Make libstand build natively as 64-bit on amd64. +- Adjust non-EFI boot code to use /usr/lib32/libstand.a. +- Test that the other boot code still actually works. +- Add bits to build 64-bit loader.efi. +- Make sure that loader.efi can actually load a kernel and hand off to it. + +Part the Second: Booting an amd64 kernel from the 64-bit EFI loader + +- Work out how to pass the memory map from EFI to the kernel. +- Fix anything else that comes up. + +Part the Third: Booting an i386 kernel from the 64-bit EFI loader. + +- Make sure that the i386 kernel isn't trying to touch the BIOS. +- Fix anything else that comes up. + +Part the Fourth: Making our install media UEFI compatible. + +- Work out how to make our install media UEFI compatible. +- Make our install media UEFI compatible.
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