From nobody Thu May 11 20:49:56 2023 X-Original-To: current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QHPCz10rlz4B18g for ; Thu, 11 May 2023 20:50:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QHPCy2qzxz40P2; Thu, 11 May 2023 20:50:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id 34BKnu8q060305; Thu, 11 May 2023 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id 34BKnuJK060304; Thu, 11 May 2023 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <202305112049.34BKnuJK060304@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: git: c16e08e5f324 - main - stand/efi: Retire i386 support In-Reply-To: To: Warner Losh Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT) CC: Yuri , Warner Losh , FreeBSD Current X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4QHPCy2qzxz40P2 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13868, ipnet:69.59.192.0/19, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N > On Thu, May 11, 2023, 2:16 PM Yuri wrote: > > > Warner Losh wrote: > > > The branch main has been updated by imp: > > > > > > URL: > > https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c16e08e5f324aa119c85e10eaabacbd2abdb40e0 > > > > > > commit c16e08e5f324aa119c85e10eaabacbd2abdb40e0 > > > Author: Warner Losh > > > AuthorDate: 2023-05-11 20:04:12 +0000 > > > Commit: Warner Losh > > > CommitDate: 2023-05-11 20:06:03 +0000 > > > > > > stand/efi: Retire i386 support > > > > > > Remove the i386 ifdefs and files. It never worked. > > > > > > Sponsored by: Netflix > > > Reviewed by: manu, tsoome, kevans > > > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40012 > > > > As this question seems to be asked a lot on the forums, does this mean > > we will never support the 32bit efi booting 64bit OS? > > > > Yes. It means we've given up on that. Such environments are rare these > days, as far as I know, so unless someone shows up with something that > works perfectly with a qemu testing recipe that we can roll it into out > test bed. Plus some kind of info on real hardware that does this that's > popular enough to justify inclusion. I have only ever seen 1 implementation of x86 32bit efi, and it was such a pile of turds I just scrapped the machine. > Warner -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org