Syslinux - Oct 2018 - EFI 64bit and Kernel 32 bit

Thank you for the info,

I tested the latest version Syslinux 6.03 (64 bit) and it didn't work.

the boot loader text shows up, then the screen freezes.

maybe it works only on some specific boards/CPUs.

Thank you for the reply's, the problem is now solved by using another 
Bootloader.

Best Regards,


On 29.10.18 15:29, Letan Thomas wrote:
> I was able to successfully boot 32-bit kernels with a 64-bit syslinux
> two years ago. There were a bug in syslinux that prevented it, but I was
> able to write a patch which is now in the latest tagged version as far
> as I remember.
>
> Best regards,
> Thomas
>
> Le 18/10/2018 ? 08:24, hfekih via Syslinux a ?crit?:
>> Hello Ady
>>
>> thank you very much for the accurate reply and for saving my time :-)
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>>
>> On 17.10.18 18:06, Ady Ady via Syslinux wrote:
>>>> is it possible to boot a 32 Bit Kernel on 64 EFI firmware with
Syslinux?
>>>  ? In theory, booting 32-bit kernels from 64-bit EFI is supposed to
be
>>> supported by "efi64/efi/syslinux.efi" since 2013Jun.
>>>
>>> In practice:
>>>
>>> _ there is no documentation in The Syslinux Project regarding the
>>> matter (other than the commit from Matt Fleming);
>>>
>>> _ no one has reported success with this case (only failures);
>>>
>>> _ the question has been asked in the past in this mailing list (and
>>> also by means of other official Syslinux channels), but Peter (hpa)
has
>>> scarcely replied with inconsistent / confusing messages (or no
reply at
>>> all).
>>>
>>> I sincerely wished I had better news regarding this case.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Ady.
>>>
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Indeed, the fix is in 6.04-pre1 but not 6.03.

See
https://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/commit/ae853e99a7aed22cb28b387e1e3cb32dbf1ab8fa

Best regards

Le 30/10/2018 ? 08:53, hfekih a ?crit?:
> Thank you for the info,
> 
> I tested the latest version Syslinux 6.03 (64 bit) and it didn't work.
> 
> the boot loader text shows up, then the screen freezes.
> 
> maybe it works only on some specific boards/CPUs.
> 
> Thank you for the reply's, the problem is now solved by using another
> Bootloader.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> 
> On 29.10.18 15:29, Letan Thomas wrote:
>> I was able to successfully boot 32-bit kernels with a 64-bit syslinux
>> two years ago. There were a bug in syslinux that prevented it, but I
was
>> able to write a patch which is now in the latest tagged version as far
>> as I remember.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Thomas
>>
>> Le 18/10/2018 ? 08:24, hfekih via Syslinux a ?crit?:
>>> Hello Ady
>>>
>>> thank you very much for the accurate reply and for saving my time
:-)
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17.10.18 18:06, Ady Ady via Syslinux wrote:
>>>>> is it possible to boot a 32 Bit Kernel on 64 EFI firmware
with
>>>>> Syslinux?
>>>> ?? In theory, booting 32-bit kernels from 64-bit EFI is
supposed to be
>>>> supported by "efi64/efi/syslinux.efi" since 2013Jun.
>>>>
>>>> In practice:
>>>>
>>>> _ there is no documentation in The Syslinux Project regarding
the
>>>> matter (other than the commit from Matt Fleming);
>>>>
>>>> _ no one has reported success with this case (only failures);
>>>>
>>>> _ the question has been asked in the past in this mailing list
(and
>>>> also by means of other official Syslinux channels), but Peter
(hpa) has
>>>> scarcely replied with inconsistent / confusing messages (or no
reply at
>>>> all).
>>>>
>>>> I sincerely wished I had better news regarding this case.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Ady.
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Syslinux mailing list
>>>> Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com
>>>> Unsubscribe or set options at:
>>>> http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux
>