linux-kernel - Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen

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Date:	Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:01:42 +0100
From:	Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko 
	<phcoder@...il.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	seth.goldberg@...cle.com,
	The development of GNU GRUB <grub-devel@....org>,
	Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>,
	boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, david.woodhouse@...el.com,
	ian.campbell@...rix.com, jbeulich@...e.com, keir@....org,
	pjones@...hat.com, richard.l.maliszewski@...el.com,
	ross.philipson@...rix.com, stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com,
	xen-devel@...ts.xen.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen


>>> Will a multiboot2 tag with whole EFI memory map solve your problem?
>> I added such a tag in documentation and wrote a patch for it (attached).
>> Awaiting for someone to test it to commit
> 
> Great! I think from Xen perspective we first need to have Xen be able
> to understand multiboot2 - that is something Daniel had been working on.
> I will let Daniel talk more about it.
> 
> Seth, would you have any time to test the patch against Solaris to
> make sure it works?
> 
I've committed that patch. BTW do you want protected mode or long mode
entry point for x86_64 variant? Currently it's protected mode but I
planned to add long mode possibility but it wasn't a priority.



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