question: is it feasible to execute a UEFI-BIOS using x86 instructions on non-x86 platforms?

question: is it feasible to execute a UEFI-BIOS using x86 instructions on non-x86 platforms?

[Michael Holzer]

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RAID disc controller cards usually have a built-in configuration program in
their BIOS. Some cards added a UEFI-BIOS
<http://www.dawicontrol.com/manuals/dc-raid_en.pdf> but still only build
this for x86 platforms.

I wonder if it is feasible to execute this code on the growing number of
non-x86 platforms via emulation (qemu,..) during boot.


More background to the question is in
https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/issues/203

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Re: [edk2-devel] question: is it feasible to execute a UEFI-BIOS using x86 instructions on non-x86 platforms?

[Andrew Fish]

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https://www.suse.com/c/revolutionizing-arm-technology-x86_64-option-rom-aarch64/

https://www.workofard.com/2020/12/aarch64-option-roms-for-amd-gpus/
> On Jan 26, 2022, at 3:26 PM, Michael Holzer <michael.w.holzer@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> RAID disc controller cards usually have a built-in configuration program in their BIOS. Some cards added a UEFI-BIOS but still only build this for x86 platforms.
> 
> I wonder if it is feasible to execute this code on the growing number of non-x86 platforms via emulation (qemu,..) during boot.
> 
> More background to the question is in https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/issues/203
> 

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