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On 09.08.2014 16:23, Mantas Mikulėnas wrote:
> As of commit 4bf7111f5016 ("x86/efi: Support initrd loaded above 4G"),
> the kernel freezes at the earliest possible moment when trying to boot
> via UEFI on my Asus laptop. (It still boots via BIOS.)
> 
> If I revert that commit on current master (c309bfa9b481), it boots
> correctly again [although I see "setup_efi_pci() failed" being printed].
> 
> (Seems like it freezes when handle_cmdline_files() attempts to read
> the last chunk of the initramfs -- the last call to efi_file_read()
> never returns. Figuring out why that happens is beyond me, though.)
> 

I fixed my issue with: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/8/22/232

Care to test?