How can I tell my HW has this configuration?

I maintain a bunch of *very* old 64-bit CPU laptops at home and I can
at least test it on them to see if the issue is wide-spread or not, if
I would find any that has such HW setup.

Michal

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Michal Schorm
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Red Hat

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On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM <mkol...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> So during a recent Anaconda installer bug triage we encountered the
> following bug report:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2366967
>
> "Installation media is not recognised by the 32-bit EFI of the 64-bit-
> CPU LINX 1010."
>
> What it boils down is basically that Fedora 42 media apparently no
> longer boots on an 64-bit system that uses 32-bit EFI.
>
> I do remember we added support for this a a while ago:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/32BitUefiSupport
>
> I've tried asking Adam Williamson on Matrix and he confirmed this is
> still supported but on a reasonable effort basis - it might work, int
> might not & Fedora QA is not actively testing this due to lack of
> hardware.
>
> So I am wondering what it the way forward for 32-bit EFI in Fedora &
> this bug report ? I don't think its in the installer team as we also
> don't have hardware to test this on and frankly are not likely to work
> on this without an urgent clear requirement.
>
> Maybe the bug should be reassigned to a bootloader component - which
> one ?
>
> Thanks for any hints!
>
> Martin Kolman
>
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