Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Yuri <yuri@aetern.org>, Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Current <current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: git: c16e08e5f324 - main - stand/efi: Retire i386 support Message-ID: <202305112049.34BKnuJK060304@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfp9J=V8MBQ%2B%2B_WQnF6bU_%2Bpa%2BYYJpnJEewHR5iiYmng5w@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Thu, May 11, 2023, 2:16 PM Yuri <yuri@aetern.org> 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 <imp@FreeBSD.org> > > > AuthorDate: 2023-05-11 20:04:12 +0000 > > > Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> > > > 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
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