On Thu, 19 May 2016, Joe Reid wrote:
On 5/19/2016 6:30 PM, Tim Mooney wrote:
I also can't remember if the ASUS Z170 boards are UEFI only; based on a
recent comment (I think from Alexander), Illumos doesn't support UEFI
boot. That could be a show-stopper.
If the show does start...
I don't need USB3* right now.
You will likely be very unhappy if the BIOS does not support using
USB3 ports in a USB2 emulation mode. Without this you can not use
keyboard/mouse or boot OI from a USB stick or USB DVD drive.
Another limitation I have heard about is that Illumos expects
DMA/mappings to be within the first 4GB of address space and some
BIOS do not arrange for this any more.
The Illumos limitations are becomming more significant over time.
I have much more confidence that Illumos will support UEFI boot in a
reasonable time-frame than it will support USB3 since someone has been
actively working on a new boot-loader.
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
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