Install on macpro1,1 (efi32)

[Heikki Lindholm]

15.10.2016, 12.02, Heikki Lindholm kirjoitti:
> Hello list,
>
> I'm quite unfamiliar with FreeBSD, but thought I'd give it a try, mainly
> to get ZFS, and maybe to get rid of Linux. The machine I'm trying to
> install on is a first generation Apple Mac Pro (macpro1,1) with 64-bit
> Xeons, but 32-bit EFI implementation. I tried to boot some of the
> installation media with varying success.
>
> The following would not boot at all:
> FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-uefi-disc1.iso
> FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
>
> The following did boot:
> FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
>
> I'm guessing that the one that boots, does it in the BIOS emulation mode
> provided by Apple's firmware. Of course, I'd like to skip any BIOS
> emulation and have it utilise EFI, and I'd also like to start with the
> latest 11.0 RELEASE version.
>
> So, my questions are: Does FreeBSD support a mixed boot-up process of a
> 32-bit EFI and a 64-bit kernel (Linux does, or at least did). Once the
> kernel is booted up, does it matter in FreeBSD whether it got booted
> using BIOS emulation or EFI (ie. slower firmware call access, changes in
> perceived HD geometry or device tree, etc..)? Is there a way to boot the
> 11 RELEASE installation media on this machine?
>
> Ultimately I'd like to have a dual boot system of OS X and FreeBSD with
> only Apple's firmware provided OS / boot device chooser (pressing Alt at
> startup). IF reFind or something like that is the only way on this
> machine then so be it, though.

Answering myself here, for the record. The svn contains beginnings of 
32-bit i386 EFI boot / loader support, but I couldn't tell whether the 
kernel will support a mixed mode boot from a 32-bit EFI booter to 64-bit 
kernel.