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From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
To: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@arm.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@arm.com>,
	Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>,
	"kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] arm64 kexec kernel patches V3
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 11:07:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141008100703.GI27216@leverpostej> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF7UmSx-jS42q9QR_r5VsUUpq5-ujR_7m5ssUbw3t1tE20ZpdA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 10:52:09AM +0100, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> On 7 October 2014 21:07, Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org> wrote:
> > You need to use a UEFI kernel loader.
> 
> No such thing exists.
> The "built-in Linux loader" is a u-boot emulator (try it, it will work
> with a uImage on v7) added for early development purposes and
> unfortunately released in the wild.
> It will very shortly disappear from Linaro UEFI builds.

To further Leif's point, the "built-in Linux loader" is not in the UEFI
spec, and is therefore not a portion of UEFI. It is a crutch, and it
should not be relied upon as anything more than an aid during bringup.

Mark.

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From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/7] arm64 kexec kernel patches V3
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 11:07:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141008100703.GI27216@leverpostej> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF7UmSx-jS42q9QR_r5VsUUpq5-ujR_7m5ssUbw3t1tE20ZpdA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 10:52:09AM +0100, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> On 7 October 2014 21:07, Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org> wrote:
> > You need to use a UEFI kernel loader.
> 
> No such thing exists.
> The "built-in Linux loader" is a u-boot emulator (try it, it will work
> with a uImage on v7) added for early development purposes and
> unfortunately released in the wild.
> It will very shortly disappear from Linaro UEFI builds.

To further Leif's point, the "built-in Linux loader" is not in the UEFI
spec, and is therefore not a portion of UEFI. It is a crutch, and it
should not be relied upon as anything more than an aid during bringup.

Mark.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-08 10:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-25  0:23 [PATCH 0/7] arm64 kexec kernel patches V3 Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23 ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23 ` [PATCH 2/7] arm64: Convert hcalls to use ISS field Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23   ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-03 10:51   ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-03 10:51     ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-03 21:56     ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-03 21:56       ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-06 10:13       ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-06 10:13         ` Mark Rutland
2014-09-25  0:23 ` [PATCH 4/7] arm64: Add EL2 switch to soft_restart Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23   ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23 ` [PATCH 3/7] arm64: Add new hcall HVC_CALL_FUNC Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23   ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23 ` [PATCH 1/7] arm64/kvm: Fix assembler compatibility of macros Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23   ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-03 10:26   ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-03 10:26     ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-03 22:27     ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-03 22:27       ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-06 10:10       ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-06 10:10         ` Mark Rutland
2014-09-25  0:23 ` [PATCH 7/7] arm64/kexec: Enable kexec in the arm64 defconfig Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23   ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23 ` [PATCH 6/7] arm64/kexec: Add core kexec support Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23   ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-25 18:28   ` Vivek Goyal
2014-09-25 18:28     ` Vivek Goyal
2014-09-25 19:02     ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-25 19:02       ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-25 19:08       ` Vivek Goyal
2014-09-25 19:08         ` Vivek Goyal
2014-09-30 18:18   ` Vivek Goyal
2014-09-30 18:18     ` Vivek Goyal
2014-09-30 19:54     ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-30 19:54       ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-01 14:56       ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 14:56         ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-03 18:35         ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-03 18:35           ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 13:44           ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 13:44             ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 18:42             ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 18:42               ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 18:45               ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 18:45                 ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 20:12                 ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 20:12                   ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 20:22                   ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 20:22                     ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-09 22:26                     ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-09 22:26                       ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-23 23:08                       ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-23 23:08                         ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-08  9:28                   ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-08  9:28                     ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-07 18:48               ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 18:48                 ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 16:16       ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-01 16:16         ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-01 17:36         ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 17:36           ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 17:56           ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-01 17:56             ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-01 17:47         ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 17:47           ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 18:03           ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-01 18:03             ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-01 18:09             ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 18:09               ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 18:19               ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-01 18:19                 ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-01 18:31                 ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 18:31                   ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 19:22             ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 19:22               ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-02 10:26               ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-02 10:26                 ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-02 13:54                 ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-02 13:54                   ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-02 16:53                   ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-02 16:53                     ` Mark Rutland
2014-09-30 23:59   ` [PATCH V2 " Geoff Levand
2014-09-30 23:59     ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23 ` [PATCH 5/7] arm64: Move proc-macros.S to include/asm Geoff Levand
2014-09-25  0:23   ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-30 20:29 ` [PATCH 0/7] arm64 kexec kernel patches V3 Vivek Goyal
2014-09-30 20:29   ` Vivek Goyal
2014-09-30 21:27   ` Geoff Levand
2014-09-30 21:27     ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-02 19:08     ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-02 19:08       ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-02 22:59       ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-02 22:59         ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 13:43         ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 13:43           ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 14:06           ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-07 14:06             ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-01 15:19 ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-01 15:19   ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-03 21:16   ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-03 21:16     ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 13:40     ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 13:40       ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 18:29       ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 18:29         ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-08  9:42       ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-08  9:42         ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-09  3:21         ` Dave Young
2014-10-09  3:21           ` Dave Young
2014-10-09 10:09           ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-09 10:09             ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-09 10:19             ` Ard Biesheuvel
2014-10-09 10:19               ` Ard Biesheuvel
2014-10-10  5:30             ` Dave Young
2014-10-10  5:30               ` Dave Young
2014-10-07 15:22     ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-07 15:22       ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-07 18:28       ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 18:28         ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 18:09 ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 18:09   ` Vivek Goyal
2014-10-07 20:07   ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-07 20:07     ` Geoff Levand
2014-10-08  9:52     ` Leif Lindholm
2014-10-08  9:52       ` Leif Lindholm
2014-10-08 10:07       ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2014-10-08 10:07         ` Mark Rutland
2014-10-09  9:22 ` Will Deacon
2014-10-09  9:22   ` Will Deacon

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