Re: FreeBSD on Intel Macs?

M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <3e1162e60601111405x59e7e70dyf57c74b01e888e8a_at_mail.gmail.com>
>             David Leimbach <leimy2k_at_gmail.com> writes:
> : On 1/11/06, Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org> wrote:
> : >
> : > alan bryan wrote:
> : >
> : > >I read that the new Intel (x86) Macs use EFI rather
> : > >than the traditional PC Bios to boot up.  I'm
> : > >interested in using one of these to multiboot OS X and
> : > >FreeBSD and am wondering if it is yet known to work or
> : > >not.  Do any changes need to be made to FreeBSD or
> : > >should it work out of the box? Thanks for any insight
> : > >and I know that it may be impossible to fully answer
> : > >until people get their hands on the hardware but I
> : > >just wanted to start thinking about the possibilities.
> : > >
> : > >
> : > well if they can boot Darwin I'm sure they can be hacked to boot FreeBSD.
> : > It would probabty require a different bootloader binary.
> : 
> : 
> : 
> : I don't see what booting Darwin has to do with booting FreeBSD.
> : 
> : However, since FreeBSD boots on IA64 using the FreeBSD bootloader for IA64,
> : I *hope* it won't be much work to port whatever changes that requires to
> : IA32.
> 
> Assuming any DRM or copy protection that apple puts in place allows US
> to put a boot loader there in the first place.
> 
> Warner

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Please stop the absolutely baseless conjecture.

Scott