On Thu, Jul 26, 2012, Alexander Graf wrote:
> It might however be an interesting idea to have a similar split to
> coreboot / tianocore in the u-boot world. U-boot could still be the
> bit implementing the initial initialization and maybe even device
> i/o drivers, while a uefi capable payload could then implement all
> the uefi layering on top. Then we could either load Linux directly
> from u-boot like we do today, or bootstrap outselves into a uefi
> implementation that would allow for generic booting across the
> board.

Exactly; my point about an UEFI boot cmd in U-Boot was to try to store
this UEFI-implementing payload in an UEFI-compatible place itself as
much as possible, and then have U-Boot discover it.

It's a bit chicken-and-egg though  :-)

-- 
Loïc Minier

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