From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: andrew.cooper3@citrix.com, arvidjaar@gmail.com,
eric.snowberg@oracle.com, jgross@suse.com,
konrad.wilk@oracle.com, phcoder@gmail.com,
seth.goldberg@oracle.com
Subject: [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 07/10] multiboot2: Say that memory maps may not be available on EFI platforms
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 22:30:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1465504244-17175-8-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1465504244-17175-1-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
---
doc/multiboot.texi | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/multiboot.texi b/doc/multiboot.texi
index f1e0e09..c81b2ea 100644
--- a/doc/multiboot.texi
+++ b/doc/multiboot.texi
@@ -927,6 +927,10 @@ possible value for lower memory is 640 kilobytes. The value returned for
upper memory is maximally the address of the first upper memory hole
minus 1 megabyte. It is not guaranteed to be this value.
+This tag may not be provided by some boot loaders on EFI platforms if EFI
+boot services are enabled and available for loaded image (EFI boot services
+not terminated tag exists in Multiboot information structure).
+
@subsection BIOS Boot device
@example
@group
@@ -1078,6 +1082,10 @@ indicated a reserved area.
The map provided is guaranteed to list all standard @sc{ram} that should
be available for normal use. This type however includes the regions occupied by kernel, mbi, segments and modules. Kernel must take care not to overwrite these regions.
+This tag may not be provided by some boot loaders on EFI platforms if EFI
+boot services are enabled and available for loaded image (EFI boot services
+not terminated tag exists in Multiboot information structure).
+
@subsection Boot loader name
@example
@group
@@ -1310,6 +1318,9 @@ u32 | descriptor version|
This tag contains EFI memory map as per EFI specification.
+This tag may not be provided by some boot loaders on EFI platforms if EFI
+boot services are enabled and available for loaded image (EFI boot services
+not terminated tag exists in Multiboot information structure).
@subsection EFI boot services not terminated
@example
--
1.7.10.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-09 20:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-09 20:30 [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 00/10] multiboot2: Update documentation Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 01/10] multiboot2: Remove redundant if Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 21:02 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 02/10] multiboot2: Clarify meaning of information request header tag Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 21:14 ` [Xen-devel] " Andrew Cooper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 03/10] multiboot2: Fix description of EFI boot services tag Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 04/10] multiboot2: Add description of support for EFI boot services Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 21:31 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 05/10] multiboot2: Add description of EFI image handle tags Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 06/10] multiboot2: Add description of support for relocatable images Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 21:36 ` [Xen-devel] " Andrew Cooper
2016-06-10 17:36 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` Daniel Kiper [this message]
2016-06-09 21:37 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 07/10] multiboot2: Say that memory maps may not be available on EFI platforms Andrew Cooper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 08/10] multiboot2: Add C structure alignment and padding consideration section Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 22:07 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-06-10 17:58 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 09/10] multiboot2: Add me to authors Daniel Kiper
2016-06-09 20:30 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH 10/10] multiboot2: Bump version to 2.0 Daniel Kiper
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