On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 09:22:32AM -0700, Blibbet wrote:
On 07/08/2015 07:24 AM, Leif Lindholm wrote:
On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 12:59:12PM +0000, Meenakshi Aggarwal wrote:
This is my first query on this list. I apologize for any mistake.
This is also my first query on the list. :-)
Is this patch tested?
Yes.
Also I want to know the underline firmware volume on which this patch has been tested?
We verified it (at least) on the microSD card on the Samsung Arndale board.
Forgetting the licensing issue, would the Ext2 FS driver need to be embedded in the main firmware volume, or could it be in a .efi file in a FAT-based ESP?
Should work. Don't know if anyone tested it.
I am wondering if it'd be technically possible for a system with a main firmware volume that only recognizes FAT would be able to load and use the Ext2 FS driver, since most IBVs only ship FAT support (except Apple which apparently supports both FAT and HFS+) for ESP.
Yes, that should be doable. I think that's how rEFInd works.
What about UDF for non-FAT ESP FS? UDF was checked into TianoCore a while ago, so BSD licensed. Unlike FAT, I am not aware of any UDF IP issues.
FAT is still the filesystem mandated by the spec, so without FAT support, it's not really UEFI.
/ Leif