Re: git: c16e08e5f324 - main - stand/efi: Retire i386 support

From: Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 20:28:12 UTC 
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.

Warner

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