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The really fun part was when they launched the first 64 bit Atom CPUs (Bay Trail) and then a bunch of them got shipped with only 32 bit UEFI and cannot boot in
by opencl 7y ago
The really fun part was when they launched the first 64 bit Atom CPUs (Bay Trail) and then a bunch of them got shipped with only 32 bit UEFI and cannot boot in 64 bit mode.
- zozbot234 7y agoThey have to _boot_ with a 32-bit UEFI bootloader, but can run a 64-bit kernel and userland. Fedora Linux even allows for this while keeping secure boot on; Debian supports it as well but the interaction with secure boot is buggy, so you need to turn it off. Not sure about other distros, however.
- heavyset_go 7y agoEarly 64-bit Intel Macs also shipped with a 32-bit UEFI limitation, but they were able to boot into a 64-bit system.