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

> 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

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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org