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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:23:49 +0800 From: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com> To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, Chandramouli Narayanan <mouli@...ux.intel.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH -mm 3/4 -v6] x86_64 EFI runtime service support: document for EFI runtime services This patch adds document for EFI x86_64 runtime services support. Signed-off-by: Chandramouli Narayanan <mouli@...ux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> --- Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 9 ++++++++- Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Idle loop Rebooting - reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] [, [w]arm | [c]old] + reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] | e[fi] [, [w]arm | [c]old] bios Use the CPU reboot vector for warm reset warm Don't set the cold reboot flag cold Set the cold reboot flag @@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ Rebooting acpi Use the ACPI RESET_REG in the FADT. If ACPI is not configured or the ACPI reset does not work, the reboot path attempts the reset using the keyboard controller. + efi Use efi reset_system runtime service. If EFI is not configured or the + EFI reset does not work, the reboot path attempts the reset using + the keyboard controller. Using warm reset will be much faster especially on big memory systems because the BIOS will not go through the memory check. @@ -303,4 +306,8 @@ Debugging newfallback: use new unwinder but fall back to old if it gets stuck (default) +EFI + + noefi Disable EFI support + Miscellaneous --- a/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Mechanics: - Build the kernel with the following configuration. CONFIG_FB_EFI=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y + If EFI runtime services are expected, the following configuration should + be selected. + CONFIG_EFI=y + CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y or m # optional - Create a VFAT partition on the disk - Copy the following to the VFAT partition: elilo bootloader with x86_64 support, elilo configuration file, @@ -27,3 +31,8 @@ Mechanics: can be found in the elilo sourceforge project. - Boot to EFI shell and invoke elilo choosing the kernel image built in first step. +- If some or all EFI runtime services don't work, you can try following + kernel command line parameters to turn off some or all EFI runtime + services. + noefi turn off all EFI runtime services + reboot_type=k turn off EFI reboot runtime service - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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