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Brendan wrote:
Also note that UEFI does fix some problems. For example, using UEFI you can set video modes for multiple monitors during boot, so that people with multiple monitors and/or multiple video cards actually end up with better support than they would have with BIOS/VBE.
Not relevant for me. I don't support multiple monitors at the moment, and I have no plans to add such support anytime soon.
Just a clarification here. There is no problem with supporting multiple monitors in the graphics API, as every graphic operation goes via a handle, which might refer to an in-memory bitmap, a physical screen or a printer. The needed modifications would be to add the ability to create handles that refers to multiple monitors associated with UEFI.
This is a valid argument. However, while you are doing the long mode port anyway, it costs almost no time extra to make it UEFI-compatible. You do not have to write the actual loader yet.
