[syslinux] Syslinux Aarch64 porting

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Aug 8 11:46:53 PDT 2016


On 08/07/16 22:05, Michael Davies via Syslinux wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any information available on porting Syslinux to 64bit ARM?
> 
> Specifically, I have a Cavium ThunderX board (Gigabyte R120-T30) which
> boots using UEFI - b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5864#ov
> 
> 
> I'd be very interested in getting this to work, as currently the only
> option for booting on this platform is Grub 2 or EFI Stub. If anyone can
> point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.
> 
> I'm keen to contribute to work on this port myself as well, but I want
> to hear if any other work on Aarch64 / arm64 has been done.
> 

It would be great to have someone look at this.  Right now there is a
bunch of x86-specific code in there, but with EFI and x86-64 support
there is at least a modicum of abstraction.

	-hpa




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