-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Tianocore handles EFI, but we don't need it in libreboot
On 23/10/16 01:29, William D. Jones wrote: > Although, I'm ill-equipped to work on this, I am also curious about > BSD support for libreboot. What is blocking EFI support? > > -----Original Message----- From: Swift Griggs Sent: Friday, > September 30, 2016 5:42 PM To: Leah Rowe Cc: > [email protected] Subject: Re: Booting BSD on a libreboot > system - documentation needed > > On Fri, 30 Sep 2016, Leah Rowe wrote: >> Libreboot is a free/opensource BIOS/UEFI >> implementation/replacement. GNU/Linux is supported well, but >> people have recently started figuring out how to boot BSD. > > Very cool. I for one will check it out. > > If I'm not mistaken, NetBSD's bootloader doesn't yet support EFI. > It sounds like it's somewhat less jiggery-pokery than an MBR > bootloader. Plus it just uses a regular FAT32 file system. I'm sure > there are difficulties I'm not aware of, but I'm hoping for good > things, soon. > > -Swift > > -- William D. Jones [email protected] - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: http://minifree.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYDD/mAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+UOrgIAI2/djJfh7GGWZwzudG8a3iL L+zn3O8wHE03GpuaSA+j9MNj2Nzp8XIGnIQahIFmwucVo70/dX2bZ4Q3NH7fab+q DuPQ53U/nC9++yefR7MhYKpw5bLebrA02ZQsAhTtgvBKyhCjqqpl5qutP3Ivc8e+ trrLnb7LG4AfEEHpYKBMFjbA6gReCzhV1pCcjS36+o7yC9CSm3pzJZz1Zf31YJxH oIeJPCAuBm0yksjwrLZtszwlAutMcsVj5Mcyk6uEGWbjOC9ugCua3NwHCojZUgsb QkgYWJWljz8gM49UyX5IVfih9NOmyVW7+04nDg6yFyX83Qb63i9V8mha3hZezVk= =gUY0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
