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Date:	Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:23:46 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>, Russ Anderson <rja@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] Linux 3.14 fails to boot with new EFI changes

On 01/30/2014 02:19 PM, Alex Thorlton wrote:
> 
> The quick answer is I think it is a virtual address, because                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
> it does not work in physical mode.  If you ever see "virtefi"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> on the RHEL bootline it is because RH switched the default                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
> to physical mode, which caused UV to not boot.  "virtefi"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
> forced it back to virtual mode.
> 

That is interesting, as it is definitely not the direction we have been
going in within the Linux community.

	-hpa


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