From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laszlo Ersek Subject: Re: [PATCH -v4] x86: only load initrd above 4g on second try Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:20:25 +0200 Message-ID: <540A0CF9.6060606@redhat.com> References: <1409806207-3992-1-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org> <20140904100137.GK3001@console-pimps.org> <5408D299.5000300@zytor.com> <20140904212925.GL3001@console-pimps.org> <20140905054749.GA4498@ad.chargestorm.se> <54095A5B.4030606@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Yinghai Lu Cc: Anders Darander , Matt Fleming , =?UTF-8?B?TWFudGFzIE1pa3VsxJduYXM=?= , "H. Peter Anvin" , Matt Fleming , Ingo Molnar , "linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , Linux Kernel Mailing List List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On 09/05/14 19:03, Yinghai Lu wrote: > On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> On 09/05/14 07:47, Anders Darander wrote: >> In other words, the rounding up of the kernel will be undone in a >> "somewhat higher level" driver in the firmware, and the request size >> that reaches DiskIo (the "lowel level driver") remains the same. > > Thanks for explanation. > > Is there any way to check if EFI firmware have your fix from some calling? I can't think of any, alas. It might make sense to contact Mantas's and Anders's UEFI vendors; after all a reliable reproducer is available. Thanks, Laszlo