From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Fleming Subject: Re: [BUG] Linux 3.14 fails to boot with new EFI changes Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:04:28 +0000 Message-ID: <20140131080428.GA29136@console-pimps.org> References: <20140124183730.GC11788@pd.tnic> <20140124184842.GD11788@pd.tnic> <20140124191709.GT18196@sgi.com> <20140127222129.GK6839@pd.tnic> <20140128110552.GA815@pd.tnic> <20140128200754.GZ18196@sgi.com> <20140128225905.GN815@pd.tnic> <20140128234036.GB18196@sgi.com> <20140129141822.GC24887@pd.tnic> <20140130221950.GJ3105@sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140130221950.GJ3105-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Alex Thorlton Cc: Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" , Russ Anderson , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 30 Jan, at 04:19:50PM, Alex Thorlton wrote: > Re-adding lkml. Also add linux-efi. > The quick answer is I think it is a virtual address, because > it does not work in physical mode. If you ever see "virtefi" > on the RHEL bootline it is because RH switched the default > to physical mode, which caused UV to not boot. "virtefi" > forced it back to virtual mode. Do you have details of the failure, links to bug reports? Is it a limitation of the firmware? -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center