[syslinux] pxechn.c32 for EFI

[Gene Cumm]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Patrick Masotta <masottaus at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>>> 1) SYSLINUX on EFI must be extended to load arbitrary
>>>> EFI binaries
>>>> (perhaps through a module first
>>>> like how linux.c32's code became the
>>>> Linux loader).
>>>
>>> Do you know 6.03 status on this topic?
>>> i.e. can something like bootmgfw.efi be booted today ornot?
>> http://bugzilla.syslinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17
>> so no.
>> --Gene
>
> That bug talks about not being able to chain-load to bootmgfw.efi
> using chain.c32 (or pxechn.c32) but
> can SYSLINUX "core" boot today bootmgfw.efi? something like:
> KERNEL /xx/yy/bootmgfw.efi

It'd probably be easier to use a module first then move the code to
the core, just like linux.c32.

> if it is not possible probably adding this capability to the core is the
> first step to take.
> was this issue discussed before somewhere else?

I believe earlier on this list.

-- 
-Gene