Coreboot on Intel based Apple Xserve

[Rafael Navaza]

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to use coreboot to replace the EFI subsystem of the new 
Apple Xserve ?

Regards,

Rafael Navaza.

[Peter Stuge]

Hi Rafael,

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:47:01PM +0200, Rafael Navaza wrote:
> Is it possible to use coreboot to replace the EFI subsystem of the
> new Apple Xserve ?

Not at this time, no.

So far no modern Intel architectures are supported in coreboot,
due to lack of documentation and development resources.

//Peter

[ron minnich]

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:47 AM, Rafael Navaza  wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Is it possible to use coreboot to replace the EFI subsystem of the new
> Apple Xserve ?

If you are looking for an alternative to EFI, Intel offers one that
includes embedding Linux in firmware:
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ism/rbt/

It's an interesting product. More and more vendors are buying into
embedding Linux in FLASH, which is nice to see. Having Intel validate
the concept with a product such as RapidBoot is a big step forward.

thanks

ron