Hi,
> > I built a 2.6.18 kernel with the patches in
> > trunk/kernel/mactel-patches-2.6.18 and added the
> > mactel-patches-2.6.17/efi_e820_all_mapped_fix.patch as suggested but
> > the kernel does not boot. It just stays on the rEFIt screen.
> >
> > I am booting from EFI and not BIOS on a MacBook Pro. Anyone succeeded
> > using this configuration?
>
> The same kernel boots fine from BIOS but not from EFI.
> I guess adding the efi_e820_all_mapped_fix.patch is not enough to make
> Linux 2.6.18 boot on a EFI MacBook Pro system.
>
> Any idea on what other patch I should add?
You need to have imacfb enabled to boot from EFI, and that AFAIK means
you can't use the same kernel for both. I haven't gotten around to
trying that theory yet, so I might be off.
regards,
junichi
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