On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 02:41:41PM +0000, Tanguy Ortolo wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hello all, > > UEFI (often called EFI, which was the name of its previous version) is a > new firmware interface, which is expected to replace the BIOS on new > PCs, as at has already done so on Apple PCs. While modern operating > system do not rely much on firmware calls for normal operation, the boot > loader does.
As I understand it, almost all new PCs for sale today have UEFI and a BIOS compatibility layer on top. So this replacement has already happened. [...] > In order not to see Debian become uninstallable (meaning, not > installable unless you are a guru) on most computers, I wonder if UEFI > support should not even be promoted as a release goal. But anyway, here > is a basic summary of how it works from a boot procedure point of view, > and what it means to support it. [...] If Debian doesn't yet fully support installation and booting on UEFI (I haven't bought a new PC in a while so I haven't tried it) then it should be a very high priority for the maintainers of whichever packages are involved (installer, boot loaders, kernels). But release goals are usually defined for issues that involve a large number of packages, which is not the case for UEFI support. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. - Albert Camus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120106175527.gm20...@decadent.org.uk