[coreboot] why is firmware 32 bit as opposed to 64 bit

ron minnich rminnich at gmail.com
Mon Aug 11 00:07:20 CEST 2014


On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 2:48 PM, The Gluglug <info at gluglug.org.uk> wrote:

> What about 32-bit-only machines, or people that want to use a 32-bit OS?
>

well, we won't compile 64-bit firmware for 32-bit machines, if that
helps. See: ARM v8 vs. v7.

And a 32-bit OS can run on a machine with 64-bit firmware; see: EFI.

ron



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