As of now, U-Boot can support installing and booting Ubuntu/Windows with the help of SeaBIOS. Update the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com ---
Changes in v2: None
doc/README.x86 | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/README.x86 b/doc/README.x86 index 250d5a3..75762de 100644 --- a/doc/README.x86 +++ b/doc/README.x86 @@ -1004,12 +1004,14 @@ in the future. The status as of today is: * Support one static DSDT table only, compiled by Intel ACPI compiler. * Support S0/S5, reboot and shutdown from OS. * Support booting a pre-installed Ubuntu distribution via 'zboot' command. + * Support installing and booting Ubuntu 14.04 (or above) from U-Boot with + the help of SeaBIOS using legacy interface (non-UEFI mode). + * Support installing and booting Windows 8.1/10 from U-Boot with the help + of SeaBIOS using legacy interface (non-UEFI mode). * Support ACPI interrupts with SCI only.
Features not supported so far (to make it a complete ACPI solution): * S3 (Suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to Disk). - * Install and boot Ubuntu 14.04 (or above) from U-Boot with legacy interface. - * Install and boot Windows 8.1/10 from U-Boot with legacy interface.
Features that are optional: * ACPI global NVS support. We may need it to simplify ASL code logic if @@ -1021,8 +1023,10 @@ Features that are optional: support SMI (a legacy-free system).
So far ACPI is enabled on BayTrail based boards. Testing was done by booting -a pre-installed Ubuntu 14.04 from a SATA drive. Most devices seem to work -correctly and the board can respond a reboot/shutdown command from Ubuntu. +a pre-installed Ubuntu 14.04 from a SATA drive. Installing Ubuntu 14.04 and +Windows 8.1/10 to a SATA drive and booting from there is also tested. Most +devices seem to work correctly and the board can respond a reboot/shutdown +command from the OS.
TODO List ---------