Which is the status of UEFI on Linux?
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Matthew Garrett's blog at http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/ has some information on the status,
EFI Implementation Bugs (Jan 13, 2011)
I'm working on improving various bits of Apple hardware support, which includes trying to make EFI booting on Macs more sensible. One of my test machines is an 11" Macbook Air, which is a beautiful piece of hardware. If you want something small and light that's approximately a proper computer…
Macs and Linux (May 18, 2011):
Trials and Tribulations with EFI (May 25, 2011):
A use for EFI (Jun 7, 2011) [although not about booting...]:
Booting with EFI (Jul 14, 2011):
Further Adventures in EFI Booting (Jul 26, 2011):
I don't have a uEFI platform myself, but I get the feeling that there may be a few stumbling blocks on some platforms.
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The kernel can be booted directly from efi, otherwise this is a bootloader question really. With the runtime services (reboot etc) the situation is the same as bios; crappy firmware doesn't work until it's been worked around, compliant firmware works good.
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