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[REQUEST] Add kernel and systemd-boot support for mixed-mode EFI (`CONFIG_EFI_MIXED`) #3207

Open jokubasver opened 1 day ago

jokubasver commented 1 day ago

Currently, Clear Linux does not support x64 devices using 32bit IA32 UEFI.

As discussed previously here, it was considered that support for mixed-mode EFI (CONFIG_EFI_MIXED) would be added when systemd-boot supports mixed-mode EFI. This has been the case for a while now: boot: EFI mixed mode support #22550

For example - Arch Linux uses systemd-boot by default, and it does support mixed-mode EFI fully, see here, here and here.

Please consider enabling CONFIG_EFI_MIXED in Clear Linux kernel and bundling systemd-bootia32.efi/BOOTIA32.EFI by default, as this would be very useful for x64 devices using 32bit IA32 UEFI (such as Intel Baytrail x64 CPU/IA32 EFI based tablets).