On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Adam Williamson awilliam@redhat.com wrote:
So while I was discussing an EFI issue with Peter Jones we noticed that the current release criterion dealing with EFI installs could be improved. It's a Beta criterion, and it reads:
"The installer must boot and run on systems using EFI other than Apple Macs"
The wording 'boot and run' is a bit odd, what we really want is to be able to complete an installation, so propose:
"In most cases (see Blocker_Bug_FAQ), the installer must boot, run, and be capable of installing a correct bootloader configuration on systems using EFI other than Apple Macs. The installed system must boot successfully via EFI"
We'd also like to propose moving the criterion to Alpha for F17: EFI is becoming progressively more important over time and will continue to do so. Peter says over 50% of currently shipping server systems use EFI by default. We think F17 is the appropriate timeframe to make EFI an Alpha requirement.
I would agree with that. At work (telco enterprise hosting) 100% of our new physical servers are EFI based and have been for 12 months or more. By the end of the month VMWare vSphere 5 will be out and it moves to a virtual EFI instead of vBIOS (will have a test platform as soon as I get time!) so I think its no critical.
Peter