linux-kernel - Re: Revert commit 5dcd14ecd4 - breaks EFI boot with SLES11 elilo.efi

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Message-ID: <9bcd6241-37fd-4ae9-a997-2a5da1eaf997@email.android.com>
Date:	Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:22:11 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Robin Holt <holt@....com>
CC:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, hpa@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Revert commit 5dcd14ecd4 - breaks EFI boot with SLES11 elilo.efi

Yes, please do the analysis I asked for.

Robin Holt <holt@....com> wrote:

>On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 03:09:34PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 02/28/2013 03:02 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> > 
>> > Good, kexec is not only one.
>> > 
>> > ELILO has one.
>> >         5  ELILO
>> > 
>> > We need switch/case to have different fields set for it.
>> > 
>> 
>> I wouldn't consider that "good", but it's a bloody good thing we have
>> bootloader IDs.
>
>What is the planned course of action here.  With this commit applied,
>I still cannot boot.  Is there something you are waiting for from me?
>
>Thanks,
>Robin

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