Re: Enabling CSM fails, can somebody recommend a bootloader

2023-04-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2023-04-02 at 07:44 -0400, Genes Lists wrote: > Here's a brief overview. Thank you! I just noticed that I've got already issues with not that old kernels. At the moment I'm using GRUB. $ pacman -Q linux linux-rt linux-lts linux-rt-lts linux 6.2.9.arch1-1 linux-rt 6.2.0.3.realtime1-3 linu

CPU frequency scaling uncertainty

2023-04-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, I wonder what to do with the scaling_max_freq, base_frequency and scaling_min_freq. $ grep model\ name /proc/cpuinfo | sort -u model name : 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-13100 $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/*driver intel_pstate Those are the specifications as provided by In

Re: Enabling CSM fails, can somebody recommend a bootloader

2023-04-02 Thread Genes Lists
On 4/2/23 12:07, Matthew Blankenbeheler wrote: Does this method 2 mean making 3 partitions? The UEFI spec requires that the Extended Boot Loader be its own partition of type XBOOTLDR (gpt EA00) - so yes thats correct. 1 partition for (/efi), 1 for extended boot loader (/boot) and whatever

Re: Enabling CSM fails, can somebody recommend a bootloader

2023-04-02 Thread Matthew Blankenbeheler
Does this method 2 mean making 3 partitions? On Sun, Apr 2, 2023, 7:13 AM Genes Lists wrote: > On 4/2/23 07:44, Genes Lists wrote: > > > [1] XBOOTLDR > > > https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification/ > > > >Oops, Forgot to provide this link as well: >

Re: Enabling CSM fails, can somebody recommend a bootloader

2023-04-02 Thread Genes Lists
On 4/2/23 07:44, Genes Lists wrote:  [1] XBOOTLDR https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification/ Oops, Forgot to provide this link as well: https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specification/

Re: Enabling CSM fails, can somebody recommend a bootloader

2023-04-02 Thread Genes Lists
On 4/2/23 04:04, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Assuming I would do without the museum, then the modern kernels would have to be in the ESP, a FAT partition without file permissions. Or do I misunderstand something? Ralf Here's a brief overview. There are 2 methods available for UEFI booting (see

Re: Enabling CSM fails, can somebody recommend a bootloader

2023-04-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2023-03-27 at 10:53 +0200, Bjoern Franke wrote: > what about systemd-boot? Hi, IIUC systemd-boot needs EFISTUB, IOW I would need to drop my old operating system museum, a vintage Suse 11.2 with a 2.6 kernel for example has got no EFISTUB. Assuming I would do without the museum, then the