From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anders Darander Subject: Re: [PATCH -v4] x86: only load initrd above 4g on second try Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 21:05:35 +0200 Message-ID: <20140906190534.GA4767@ad.chargestorm.se> References: <1409806207-3992-1-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org> <20140904100137.GK3001@console-pimps.org> <5408D299.5000300@zytor.com> <20140905221616.GP3001@console-pimps.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140905221616.GP3001-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Matt Fleming Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Yinghai Lu , Matt Fleming , Ingo Molnar , Mantas =?utf-8?Q?Mikul=C4=97nas?= , "linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org * Matt Fleming [140906 00:16]: > On Thu, 04 Sep, at 01:59:05PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > I am fine with this patch, but at the same time I do want to note that > > there is an alternative to double-buffer the patch and/or (if that > > applies to the buggy BIOS) round up the size of the target buffer. > I took a whack at the double-buffer strategy, and I think the patch is > conceptually pretty straight forward. > Could someone try out the following patch? It works around the problem > on my ASUS machine. Your patch works around the problem on my Dell machine also. With that one applied, it boots fine! Thus, Tested-by: Anders Darander Cheers, Anders -- All the troubles you have will pass away very quickly.