[mdlug] UEFI Booting

[A. Zimmer]

On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:56:29 -0500
Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:

> > 
> > That's not the issue here.  At this time I am not interested in booting.
> > I only want to be able to read/write/format GPT disks from my current
> > Linux system which resides on an MBR disk.
> > Can this be done?
> 
> I'm pretty certain it can - my openSUSE boxes do this.
> 

Then what is the purpose of the kernel configuration option?

>From the kernel help:

CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION:
Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
were partitioned using EFI GPT.

But if I say "Y" to the option, the kernel will not boot from an
MBR partitioned drive.  This behavior would indicate that the kernel
cannot read or access the MBR drive.

> 
> Why are you building a kernel?  UEFI is supported by every mainstream
> distribution.
> 

Because I am using the Gentoo distribution which, since the fiasco
surrounding systemd, is the only distribution that still supports
openness, choice, and freedom.

I am sorry to say, but all Linux distributions except Gentoo have
now become vassals to RedHat.