linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 10/10] x86, efi: EFI boot stub support

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Date:	Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:27:48 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Maarten Lankhorst <m.b.lankhorst@...il.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 10/10] x86, efi: EFI boot stub support

On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 01:44 +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> When I tested this with v3.2-rc2 it didn't boot, it hung before it
> initialized the kernel.
> Without initrd it works fine, though.

Bah, so this change actually makes booting worse? You said before that
you almost made it to userspace but this seems to hang much earlier now.
Is that correct?

... back to the drawing board.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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