[PATCH V6 0/8] Add ARM EFI stub

[matt@console-pimps.org (Matt Fleming)]

On Fri, 10 Jan, at 08:30:09AM, Roy Franz wrote:
> This patch series adds EFI stub support for the ARM architecture.  The 
> stub for ARM is implemented in a similar manner to x86 in that it is a 
> shim layer between EFI and the normal zImage/bzImage boot process, and 
> that an image with the stub configured is bootable as both a zImage and 
> EFI application.  This patchset adds common code that is shared with
> the ARM64 EFI stub.
> 
> This patch depends on Leif Lindholm's ARM v7 runtime services patchset, which 
> in turn depends on Mark Salter's early_io_remap() patchset.  This EFI stub 
> patchset can be tested without those by simply modifying the Kconfig for 
> EFI_STUB to not depend on EFI.  The kernel will boot using the stub, 
> however no EFI support will be available in the kernel.
> 
> I have addressed all the feedback I have recieved to date, and I am hoping 
> that this patchset is acceptable for merging into 3.14.  It has been 
> functionally stable for some time, and provides useful functionality.  
> Further consolidation of the ARM/ARM64 stubs planned as part of the 
> ongoing development of the stubs and supporting tools for both 
> architectures (getting the FDT from a UEFI configuration table, using UEFI 
> memory map instead of FDT for memory description.) 

Is this going to Linus via one of the ARM maintainer trees?

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center