On Wed, Jun 14, 2000, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@transmeta.com> wrote:
> Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> > >
> > > Hah. I'll believe it when I see it.
> >
> > FWIW, all of the ia64 machines I've seen use EFI for both 64bit and
> > 32bit OS'. Since most of the code is written in C, it wouldn't surprise
> > me if we start seeing it appear on 32bit machines soon.
> >
> > We, the ia64 development team, wrote an ELF loader for EFI. I've taken
> > the original rudimentary version and extended it, adding more features,
> > fixed bugs, etc. It's called ELI and can be found at eli.sourceforge.net.
>
> It's different for IA64.
The only difference I see is that Intel is pushing everyone to use EFI
for ia64. It'll be ubiquitous for ia64 machine, but I fail to see why it
needs to be ubiquitous to be useful.
Don't forget that ia64 can boot and run 32bit OS'. It will also be using
EFI.
> I don't expect to see it on 32-bit machines any time soon
Why don't you expect to see it anytime soon? Intel is pushing it now.
They are far from standards makers, but they do have some weight...
> and it is going to be *eons* until it is ubiquitous.
Doesn't need to be. You don't have EFI, then you don't get the cool
features EFI boot loaders offer to you. You continue using the older
style boot loaders (LILO, Syslinux, etc). They obviously still work.
I'd hate to see people putting all of this effort into pushing the old
legacy style boot loading when that effort is better directed in
something which will become ubiquitous.
JE
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