From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1cA0pK-0000Au-DJ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:41:02 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33868) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cA0pF-00006a-VX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:40:59 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cA0pA-00025U-Ps for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:40:57 -0500 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:30566) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cA0pA-000259-Fe for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:40:52 -0500 Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id uAOKenic013006 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 24 Nov 2016 20:40:49 GMT Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uAOKem9G018208 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 24 Nov 2016 20:40:48 GMT Received: from abhmp0019.oracle.com (abhmp0019.oracle.com [141.146.116.25]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uAOKemYC025429; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 20:40:48 GMT Received: from olila.local.net-space.pl (/10.175.249.101) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 12:40:47 -0800 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 v2 08/11] multiboot2: Say that memory maps may not be available on EFI platforms Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 21:40:07 +0100 Message-Id: <1480020010-18421-9-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.10.4 In-Reply-To: <1480020010-18421-1-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com> References: <1480020010-18421-1-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com> X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 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, 24 Nov 2016 20:40:59 -0000 Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper --- v2 - suggestions/fixes: - add missing the articles (suggested by Andrew Cooper). --- doc/multiboot.texi | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/multiboot.texi b/doc/multiboot.texi index 973be9f..9461890 100644 --- a/doc/multiboot.texi +++ b/doc/multiboot.texi @@ -934,6 +934,10 @@ 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 the loaded image (EFI boot services +not terminated tag exists in Multiboot2 information structure). + @subsection BIOS Boot device @example @group @@ -1085,6 +1089,10 @@ 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 the loaded image (EFI boot services +not terminated tag exists in Multiboot2 information structure). + @subsection Boot loader name @example @group @@ -1317,6 +1325,9 @@ 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 the loaded image (EFI boot services +not terminated tag exists in Multiboot2 information structure). @subsection EFI boot services not terminated @example -- 1.7.10.4