Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 23:08:30 +0200 From: Yuri <yuri@aetern.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: c16e08e5f324 - main - stand/efi: Retire i386 support Message-ID: <ec5a7c91-2267-6072-c8f3-044de4ee8cdd@aetern.org> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfqsrHZuSTbCP830jrzHGpDh8CL0a3wpqtq189%2Bk69b93w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfp9J=V8MBQ%2B%2B_WQnF6bU_%2Bpa%2BYYJpnJEewHR5iiYmng5w@mail.gmail.com> <202305112049.34BKnuJK060304@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <CANCZdfqsrHZuSTbCP830jrzHGpDh8CL0a3wpqtq189%2Bk69b93w@mail.gmail.com>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Thu, May 11, 2023, 2:50 PM Rodney W. Grimes > <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net <mailto:freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>> > wrote: > > > On Thu, May 11, 2023, 2:16 PM Yuri <yuri@aetern.org > <mailto:yuri@aetern.org>> wrote: > > > > > Warner Losh wrote: > > > > The branch main has been updated by imp: > > > > > > > > URL: > > > > https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c16e08e5f324aa119c85e10eaabacbd2abdb40e0 <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 > <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. > > > That was my experience as well, so I biased my action towards just > removing it. If it turns out my experience was somehow atypical and > these are popular and very much robust, I'm open to learning about it. I just noticed that it was asked several times in the last few months trying to use FreeBSD on not-so-modern and rather exotic hardware; I don't think we really need that support, but I simply wasn't aware of efi32 status before this commit, hence I asked :)
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