From: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
To: "Bruno Prémont" <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
Cc: P J P <ppandit@redhat.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: 3.12 to 3.13 boot regression bisected - still applies to 3.16
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 16:07:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140805150737.GR15082@console-pimps.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140805162107.4698f717@pluto>
On Tue, 05 Aug, at 04:21:07PM, Bruno Prémont wrote:
>
> Thanks, enabling CONFIG_RELOCATABLE allows kernel to successfully boot!
>
> So you can add my tested-by to the patch.
Great, thanks for testing! I've tagged the patch for stable and I'll get
it sent to tip quickly.
> If of interest, memory layout information as reported by 3.16 with
> CONFIG_RELOCATABLE enabled:
[...]
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem06: type=2, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000001000000-0x0000000001100000) (1MB)
Bingo, this is likely to be the reason for the resets.
Overwriting EFI_LOADER_DATA regions (well, any region other than
EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY) is gonna cause some issues.
--
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-05 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-04 9:34 3.12 to 3.13 boot regression bisected - still applies to 3.16 Bruno Prémont
2014-08-04 12:27 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-04 13:06 ` Bruno Prémont
2014-08-04 13:54 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-05 8:02 ` Bruno Prémont
2014-08-05 8:45 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-05 9:13 ` Bruno Prémont
2014-08-05 9:18 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-05 11:51 ` Bruno Prémont
2014-08-05 12:11 ` Bruno Prémont
2014-08-05 12:55 ` Matt Fleming
2014-08-05 14:21 ` Bruno Prémont
2014-08-05 15:07 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
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