Linux 3.13 To Support EFI On ARM

[RussianNeuroMancer]

I afraid EFI implementations by ARM vendors will be very buggy.

[dragonn]

Actually I'm kinda curious. Alex do you know what the current Android "Recovery" options are designed around? Clockwork and TeamWin seem much more fully featured than a traditional BIOS, so I just assumed they were (U)EFI, but now im like "Okay... guess not"

"Android "Recovery" is just Linux kernel + Recovery binary, it isn't BIOS/EFI, you can't boot Linux kernel from it (only way use kexec/kexec-hardboot).

[Ericg]

Before someone makes a snide comment about UEFI, consider the current arm situation.

Actually I'm kinda curious. Alex do you know what the current Android "Recovery" options are designed around? Clockwork and TeamWin seem much more fully featured than a traditional BIOS, so I just assumed they were (U)EFI, but now im like "Okay... guess not"

[agd5f]

Before someone makes a snide comment about UEFI, consider the current arm situation.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 3.13 To Support EFI On ARM

Beyond the NVIDIA Tegra 4 support and improved 64-bit ARM code, the in-development Linux 3.13 kernel will also support EFI on ARM...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTUxMDg