On 26.07.2012, at 16:44, Loïc Minier <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 :-) It depends. In the cordboot world, the payload (UEFI in this case) gets glued onto the firmware itself. That makes discovery trivial ;) Alex _______________________________________________ cross-distro mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-distro
