* Re: UEFI booting Kernel without bootloader
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@ 2014-08-16 17:49 ` Greg KH
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From: Greg KH @ 2014-08-16 17:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mohan Rajanna; +Cc: kernelnewbies, linux-kernel
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 05:24:08PM +0530, Mohan Rajanna wrote:
> Dear Elites,
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>
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> Since I am not supposed to ask questions directly to Greg, So posting my query
> to you all.
You shouldn't ever ask questions only to a kernel developer, that's what
a mailing list is for.
> Query:
>
> I am doing study on necessary changes required to boot Kernel
> and initrd directly from UEFI without boot loader support. I found very helping
> stuff in below link.
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> http://www.kroah.com/log/
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> Can I get concrete configuration steps for the same.
What did you try that did not work?
> What are the impact/dependencies if boot loader is not used ?
Upgrading a kernel version is totally different, you need to tell UEFI
about it, which is different from what distros currently do.
thanks,
greg k-h
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