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Re: Specification of BTINFO_CONSOLE value in bootinfo.h



On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 2:12 PM,  <deco33000%yandex.com@localhost> wrote:
> "All of that is very well understood and any kernel with least 15 years
> of x86 history knows how to do it"
>
> Ok. But booting from refit with multiple os is very convenient with, say, grub. I get your point now. We agree.

And using grub to boot NetBSD in multiboot mode (instead of via the
knetbsd command) would let the kernel know about the EFI system table
(which is neccessary to access the ACPI tables when under EFI).
--
Sheda


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