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Emily J. Ratliff <ratliff.com> -
1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id: [200829]
a. Name of Feature: UEFI support - gnu-efi
b. Feature Description
Request full support for UEFI for i386 and x86_64 archs. Need x86_64 EFI runtime services. According
to logs, the x86_64 uefi changes are included in gnu-efi version 3.0d.
Additional Comments: We are requesting that UEFI support come out of technology preview state and be
included and supported as part of 5.4.
2. Feature Details:
Sponsor: xSeries
Architectures:
x86
x86_64
Arch Specificity: Both
Affects Installer: Yes
Affects Core Kernel: Yes
Delivery Mechanism: Request Red Hat development assistance
Category: xSeries
Request Type: Kernel - Enhancement from Upstream
d. Upstream Acceptance: Accepted
Sponsor Priority 1
f. Severity: High
IBM Confidential: no
Code Contribution: 3rd party code
g. Component Version Target: gnu-efi version 3.0d.
3. Business Case
All upcoming System x hardware will support UEFI-based BIOS. UEFI is projected to be on system x
hardware as soon as 1H 08, which means it would be in test 2H07
4. Primary contact at Red Hat:
John Jarvis
jjarvis
5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Monte Knutson, mknutson.com, 877-894-1495
Technical contact(s):
Kevin Stansell, kstansel.com
Chris McDermott, mcdermoc.com
IBM Manager:
Julio Alvarez, julioa.com
Comment 2RHEL Program Management
2009-03-26 17:27:44 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion, but this component is not scheduled to be updated in
the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. If you would like
this request to be reviewed for the next minor release, ask your
support representative to set the next rhel-x.y flag to "?".
------- Comment From 2011-02-22 04:41 EDT-------
We are reviewing this as a part of backlog bug clean up activity.
As per last comment closing this as WILL_NOT_FIX.
Please feel free to reopen once you have any valid update.
Thanks
Muni