[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] configs/pc_x86_64_efi_defconfig: enable kernel EFI support
Gustavo Zacarias
gustavo at zacarias.com.ar
Mon Aug 22 14:40:16 UTC 2016
On 2016-08-22 11:37, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Is a separate linux configuration fragment really needed? Why not just
> enable CONFIG_EFI in the linux-extras.config?
>
> Yes, it's technically not needed for a BIOS-based configuration, but
> the added size is probably not very significant, and I'm not sure it's
> worth having a separate linux config fragment for that.
>
> Gustavo?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Thomas
Hi.
Indeed, it won't hurt a bit, the main difference between the bios and
efi defconfigs is the bootloader strategy, so on the kernel side "just
give it the feature".
Regards.
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