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Commit 206a3a42 authored by Bin Meng's avatar Bin Meng
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x86: doc: Mention Ubuntu/Windows installation and boot support


As of now, U-Boot can support installing and booting Ubuntu/Windows
with the help of SeaBIOS. Update the documentation.

Signed-off-by: default avatarBin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarSimon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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......@@ -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
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