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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, eboot: Support initrd loaded above 4G
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:44:34 -0700
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On 07/15/2014 08:10 AM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> 
> Going forward, I suspect any attempts to use the EFI File Protocol are
> going to result in this kind of breakage, and that the only thing that
> can be relied upon is the Disk I/O Protocol.
> 

Do we know what the Windows bootloader does?  I thought it did use the
EFI File Protocol?
	
	-hpa