[syslinux] EFI 64bit and Kernel 32 bit

hfekih
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:24:36 -0000

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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