From: Laszlo Ersek <lersek-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: edk2-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
"Michael Brown" <mbrown-OViyBiuKJBuK421+ScFKDQ@public.gmane.org>,
linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
"Mantas Mikulėnas"
<grawity-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
"Linux Kernel Mailing List"
<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
"Yinghai Lu" <yinghai-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [edk2] Loading initrd above 4G causes freeze on boot
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:23:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53F65526.4040307@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140820203011.GH29733-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
On 08/20/14 22:30, Matt Fleming wrote:
> [ Pulling in EDK2 folks for help ]
>
> On Wed, 20 Aug, at 08:53:45PM, Michael Brown wrote:
>> On 20/08/14 20:05, Mantas Mikulėnas wrote:
>>>
>>> I experimented with some things (like setting chunk size to a few kB
>>> to see if it hangs earlier or only at the very end; etc.), and finally
>>> found out that it stops freezing if I pad the initrd file to a
>>> multiple of 512 bytes :/ That is, 5684268 bytes will freeze, 5684736
>>> bytes will not.
>>>
>>> ...In other words, seems like it cannot read chunks that aren't
>>> multiples of 512 into a location above 4 GB. Or something like that...
This patch by yours truly appears remotely relevant:
https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/commit/4e39b75e
It's dated Aug 26, 2013; no idea if the firmware on Mantas' Asus K52JT,
AMI firmware v206, has it.
Thanks,
Laszlo
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
To: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
Cc: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
"Michael Brown" <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, "Mantas Mikulėnas" <grawity@gmail.com>,
"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Yinghai Lu" <yinghai@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [edk2] Loading initrd above 4G causes freeze on boot
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:23:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53F65526.4040307@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140820203011.GH29733@console-pimps.org>
On 08/20/14 22:30, Matt Fleming wrote:
> [ Pulling in EDK2 folks for help ]
>
> On Wed, 20 Aug, at 08:53:45PM, Michael Brown wrote:
>> On 20/08/14 20:05, Mantas Mikulėnas wrote:
>>>
>>> I experimented with some things (like setting chunk size to a few kB
>>> to see if it hangs earlier or only at the very end; etc.), and finally
>>> found out that it stops freezing if I pad the initrd file to a
>>> multiple of 512 bytes :/ That is, 5684268 bytes will freeze, 5684736
>>> bytes will not.
>>>
>>> ...In other words, seems like it cannot read chunks that aren't
>>> multiples of 512 into a location above 4 GB. Or something like that...
This patch by yours truly appears remotely relevant:
https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/commit/4e39b75e
It's dated Aug 26, 2013; no idea if the firmware on Mantas' Asus K52JT,
AMI firmware v206, has it.
Thanks,
Laszlo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-21 20:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-09 14:23 Loading initrd above 4G causes freeze on boot Mantas Mikulėnas
2014-08-09 14:23 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
[not found] ` <53E62EEF.9040801-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-09 16:44 ` Yinghai Lu
2014-08-09 16:44 ` Yinghai Lu
[not found] ` <CAE9FiQVXkojPnTr4EQE7h2YhWqa5VBYRSCadB0B1qDL+eGY8jg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-09 19:23 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-09 19:23 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20140809192302.GJ15082-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-09 22:45 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2014-08-09 22:45 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
[not found] ` <CAPWNY8X+pRf4GuYAzKj-co0fkLMY0KNw+wB4KA8eaJ0QbE4MnA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-10 5:55 ` Yinghai Lu
2014-08-10 5:55 ` Yinghai Lu
[not found] ` <CAE9FiQVDURMvgVd55-onMDejCZT+OZ2vrr92wx8FJMKRNSX_GA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-10 18:43 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2014-08-10 18:43 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2014-08-13 14:02 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-13 16:38 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2014-08-13 18:44 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20140813184449.GV15082-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-20 17:05 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-20 17:05 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20140820170520.GF29733-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-20 19:05 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2014-08-20 19:05 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
[not found] ` <CAPWNY8V_gFutOcow5rBUSz2updGzf4hkQ98qBZ9WRGkb_sA2jA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-20 19:53 ` Michael Brown
2014-08-20 19:53 ` Michael Brown
[not found] ` <53F4FCC9.1030405-OViyBiuKJBuK421+ScFKDQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-20 20:30 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-20 20:30 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20140820203011.GH29733-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-21 20:23 ` Laszlo Ersek [this message]
2014-08-21 20:23 ` [edk2] " Laszlo Ersek
2014-08-22 14:24 ` Harald Hoyer
2014-08-22 14:24 ` Harald Hoyer
[not found] ` <53F752A2.7080604-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-22 14:43 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2014-08-22 14:43 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2014-08-24 19:19 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
[not found] ` <CAPWNY8V=T=Y5uPX9J_qjdkTJRnctDs-PoTQP7LEX_cKQEn0_Zg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-25 10:55 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-25 10:55 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-25 11:08 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2014-08-25 12:53 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20140825125306.GS29733-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-25 18:22 ` Yinghai Lu
2014-08-25 18:22 ` Yinghai Lu
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