Re: Bug#822725: Bug#822724: efitools: FTBFS on i386: efibind.h: No such file or directory
On 04/29/2016 06:58 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 06:20:55PM +0200, pollux wrote:
>> Indeed, on PC architectures, EFI executables are 64-bits EXE files.
>
> Ummm, what? 32-bit i386 (ia32) should be supported just fine. If it's
> not working, that's just a bug.
I'm talking about .efi files. If your firmware (BIOS) is 64-bits, then
your executables can only use a 64-bits ABI for boot/runtime services.
IA32 EFI firmwares are only used by some low-end platforms, or some
embedded platforms (Intel Atom SoCs)
Not sure for ARM, but it may have the same problems.
See also http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/26734.html for more problems with
IA32 on x86
>
>> I think the solution is to restrict the build to linux-amd64, and mark
>> the package as Multi-arch: foreign, however that would cover only the
>> embedded EFI files, not the tools to access UEFI variables.
>> That said, these tools use the efivars pseudo-filesystem and will only
>> work on Linux.
>>
>> So, I think the next upload will restrict the package to linux-amd64 only.
>
> Please don't do that. There are *4* Debian Linux architectures that
> should be able to work here: amd64, i386, arm64 and armhf.
>
I would like to, I'm just trying to find a solution that does not
involved cross-compilation :/ The source package builds both native
files, and .efi files.
If you have any ideas they are welcome.
Regards,
Pierre
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