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by ArchOversight 834 days ago
No, because it is still x86-64, it just bypasses the bootstrapping process that exists right now going from 16 bit to 32 bit to 64 bit by starting the CPU in 64 bit mode.

However 32 bit registers and everything will continue to exist, and it will act like todays CPU's that went through the multiple bootstrap rounds to get into 64 bit mode.
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NikkiA 833 days ago
Which begs the question as to what 'support' linux needs given that I believe EFI does the job of entering protected mode these days.
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ArchOversight 829 days ago
EFI only spins up a single core/thread. Starting up the other cores/threads is different than it is now.
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