From: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/9] EFI payload / application support
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 14:54:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160104195440.GQ4093@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <568ABCE6.8030304@suse.de>
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 07:41:42PM +0100, Andreas F?rber wrote:
> Am 04.01.2016 um 19:03 schrieb Andreas F?rber:
> > Am 04.01.2016 um 17:56 schrieb Tom Rini:
> >> Please note that with the generic distro framework U-Boot will grok
> >> https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec/ and
> >> things Just Work. I setup a bunch of SD cards with Debian and Fedora
> >> over holiday so I can drop them in whatever board and boot up Linux as a
> >> sanity test.
> >>
> >> I certainly can see a usecase for kicking off an EFI binary as part of
> >> fitting into existing work-flows. But we do already have a something
> >> for getting rid of that particular pain-point and it's working :)
> >
> [snip]
>
> Executive summary: https://xkcd.com/927/
Oh pretty much. I guess the point I am driving at here is that EFI
loading (to kick off GRUB2) needs to fit in with the framework that
other distros have already adapted to. Or heck, maybe you can convince
them to switch over to this instead? Hans or Dennis, what do you think?
--
Tom
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Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-22 13:57 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/9] EFI payload / application support Alexander Graf
2015-12-22 13:57 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/9] disk/part.c: Expose a list of available block drivers Alexander Graf
2016-01-14 19:18 ` Tom Rini
2016-01-14 23:11 ` Simon Glass
2016-01-14 23:33 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 0:46 ` Simon Glass
2016-01-15 1:04 ` Alexander Graf
2015-12-22 13:57 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/9] include/efi_api.h: Add more detailed API definitions Alexander Graf
2015-12-22 13:57 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/9] efi_loader: Add PE image loader Alexander Graf
2015-12-26 16:26 ` Leif Lindholm
2016-01-14 23:45 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 12:29 ` Leif Lindholm
2015-12-22 13:57 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/9] efi_loader: Add boot time services Alexander Graf
2015-12-22 14:15 ` Andreas Färber
2015-12-22 14:31 ` Alexander Graf
2015-12-26 18:09 ` Leif Lindholm
2016-01-15 0:13 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 13:02 ` Leif Lindholm
2016-01-15 14:14 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 14:21 ` Leif Lindholm
2016-01-15 17:04 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 3:40 ` Alexander Graf
2015-12-22 13:57 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/9] efi_loader: Add console interface Alexander Graf
2015-12-22 13:57 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 6/9] efi_loader: Add runtime services Alexander Graf
2015-12-26 18:33 ` Leif Lindholm
2016-01-15 0:26 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 13:52 ` Leif Lindholm
2016-01-15 14:15 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 14:22 ` Leif Lindholm
2015-12-22 13:57 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 7/9] efi_loader: Add disk interfaces Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 1:37 ` Simon Glass
2016-01-15 2:40 ` Alexander Graf
2015-12-22 13:57 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 8/9] efi_loader: Add "bootefi" command Alexander Graf
2015-12-24 11:15 ` Matwey V. Kornilov
2015-12-25 9:02 ` Alexander Graf
2015-12-25 9:25 ` Andreas Färber
2015-12-25 9:40 ` Matwey V. Kornilov
2015-12-25 17:04 ` Tom Rini
2015-12-26 18:55 ` Leif Lindholm
2015-12-27 15:33 ` Alexander Graf
2015-12-26 18:45 ` Leif Lindholm
2015-12-25 16:58 ` Tom Rini
2015-12-22 13:57 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 9/9] efi_loader: hook up in build environment Alexander Graf
2015-12-22 18:28 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/9] EFI payload / application support Matwey V. Kornilov
2015-12-22 20:32 ` Alexander Graf
2015-12-25 3:29 ` Tom Rini
2015-12-25 8:53 ` Alexander Graf
2015-12-25 16:50 ` Tom Rini
2015-12-25 16:53 ` Matwey V. Kornilov
2015-12-25 17:00 ` Tom Rini
2016-01-15 3:00 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 3:06 ` Tom Rini
2015-12-25 19:34 ` Blibbet
2015-12-26 15:31 ` Leif Lindholm
2015-12-26 16:27 ` Alexander Graf
2015-12-26 19:34 ` Leif Lindholm
2016-01-04 16:25 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-04 16:56 ` Tom Rini
2016-01-04 18:03 ` Andreas Färber
2016-01-04 18:41 ` Andreas Färber
2016-01-04 19:54 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2016-01-04 22:37 ` Dennis Gilmore
2016-01-04 22:48 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 3:40 ` Peter Robinson
2016-01-04 20:11 ` Matwey V. Kornilov
2016-01-15 3:32 ` Peter Robinson
2015-12-27 18:10 ` Tom Rini
2015-12-27 18:39 ` Leif Lindholm
2015-12-27 19:48 ` Tom Rini
2016-01-05 20:18 ` Tom Rini
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