From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1bB6co-0005NQ-6x for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:32:22 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51730) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bB6ch-0005Gq-NV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:32:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bB6cb-00022G-Jt for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:32:14 -0400 Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:19389) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bB6cb-00022C-B5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:32:09 -0400 Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u59KW21n024753 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 9 Jun 2016 20:32:03 GMT Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u59KW2xu000367 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 9 Jun 2016 20:32:02 GMT Received: from abhmp0017.oracle.com (abhmp0017.oracle.com [141.146.116.23]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u59KVxaX030182; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 20:32:00 GMT Received: from olila.local.net-space.pl (/10.175.235.163) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:31:58 -0700 From: Daniel Kiper 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 Message-Id: <1465504244-17175-8-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.10.4 In-Reply-To: <1465504244-17175-1-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com> References: <1465504244-17175-1-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com> X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:32:21 -0000 Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper --- 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