Bug 2073 - n450 machine need to be of arch x86_64 instead of i586
Summary: n450 machine need to be of arch x86_64 instead of i586
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: BSPs
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bsps-meta-intel (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 x86_64
: Medium normal
Target Milestone: 1.3
Assignee: Darren Hart
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Reported: 2012-03-12 16:48 UTC by Nitin Kamble
Modified: 2012-07-20 20:40 UTC (History)
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Description Nitin Kamble 2012-03-12 16:48:43 UTC 
This is also needed for x32 performance work on blacksand board.
Comment 1 Darren Hart 2012-05-02 16:40:49 UTC 
A challenge here is that the firmware is 32 bit, so by default we build 64bit binaries for syslinux and grub-efi - which don't run on this system :/
Comment 2 Darren Hart 2012-07-20 20:40:02 UTC 
The n450 BSP in meta-intel is in the unfortunate situation of being saddled with 32 bit firmware despite being a 64 bit system. We coud convert this to x86_64, but doing so builds the boot loaders (e.g. grub-efi) as 64 bit, which the EFI shell will not execute, expecting a 32 bit payload.

While it may be possible to build the EFI bootloader as a different arch than the target, I don't feel it would be worth the effort to make it 64 bit as the board has a maximum of 2 GB of memory anyway.

Closing as WONTFIX.