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Subject: Re: Bay Trail 32bit UEFI
To: "Lundberg, Johannes" <johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp>,
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On 02/03/2016 19:45, Lundberg, Johannes wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Jakob Alvermark <jakob@alvermark.net
> <mailto:jakob@alvermark.net>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, March 2, 2016 20:00, Lundberg, Johannes wrote:
>     > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 2:10 AM, Joe Holden <mail@m.jwh.me.uk <mailto:mail@m.jwh.me.uk>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >> On 02/03/2016 01:45, Lundberg, Johannes wrote:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>> CherryTrail devices/boards with 64bit UEFI are already out. Upgrading
>     >>>  the hardware is one solution (I did).
>     >>>
>     >>> I'm thinking of the sticks etc, they all have 32bit UEFI and no
>     >>>
>     >> CSM/legacy boot, but have 64bit cpus
>     >>
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Yeah and it sucks. All to adapt to Microsoft who couldn't make 64bit UEFI
>     >  boot loader in time (or so I heard)... I heard though that newer (Linux)
>     > versions of Intel Compute Stick would have 64bit UEFI but I'm not sure.
>
>     The Intel Compute sticks can boot both 32 and 64 bit. It doesn't
>     matter if
>     you have the Windows or Linux version. (The difference between the
>     is the
>     amount of RAM and onboard storage, the firmware is the same)
>
>     I have the Windows one and it boots 64 bit just fine.
>     You can select it in the settings. (OS setting: Windows=32 bit,
>     Linux=64 bit)
>
>
> That's great. However, as for all other BayTrail devices out there that
> does not support Linux officially I think you're stuck with 32bit.
>
>
>     Jakob
>
My point was that it is possible to boot amd64 bit kernels from 32bit 
UEFI, grub (and therefore, linux) does it.
I think even openbsd at least has a 32bit loader, I'd settle for 32bit 
but the problem is I can't easily boot it.