linux-kernel - Re: 3.9.7, 3.10-rc7 - UEFI stalls at boot (nothing displayed), when booting with mem=300M

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Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2013 23:30:59 -0500
From:	Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@...too.org>
To:	Luca Barbato <lu_zero@...too.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	mjg59@...f.ucam.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	kernel@...too.org, hardened-kernel@...too.org, corsac@...ian.org
Subject: Re: 3.9.7, 3.10-rc7 - UEFI stalls at boot (nothing displayed), when
 booting with mem=300M

On 06/27/2013 01:17 PM, Luca Barbato wrote:
> On 06/27/2013 06:47 PM, Matthew Thode wrote:
>> There is an early boot failure with linux-3.[9,10].??? when booting
>> using uefi on low memory systems.
>>
>> This seems like it might be hardware specific, I am running on a Lenovo
>> T520, running bios version 1.42, firmware rev 1.36.
>>
> 
> Had the same problem with linux 3.10-rc1 and a stock mac book pro, I
> hadn't investigated much further though.
> 
> lu
> 
You had the problem where it was blank on boot (right after grub, no
kernel messages at all)?  Sounds like this might not be limited to just
Lenovo then.

mjg59, is there anything I can do to help move this bug forward?  I've
done all I can think of (even tried a serial expresscard slot for logging).

-- 
-- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)


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