=Comment: #0================================================= Emily J. Ratliff <ratliff.com> - 1. Feature Overview: Feature Id: [200829] a. Name of Feature: UEFI support b. Feature Description Request full support for UEFI for i386 and x86_64 archs. Requires UEFI extensions to lilo/grub boot loaders. Also expect support EFI Variables in NVRAM exported to the OS, EFI runtime services. It appears most of the development for i386 is complete, but needs to be verified. x86_64 support is being developed by Intel and needs to be submitted upstream. ia64 has supported EFI from the beginning. 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: uEFI code submitted to gnu-efi, elilo-sourceforge, lkml by Intel. All UEFI kernel code is upstream as of 2.6.25. gnu-efi and elilo code already upstream. 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
corrected setting as xSeries - was set to z
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------- Comment From 2011-02-22 04:18 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