linux-kernel - [PATCH V6 8/8] Add config EFI

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:30:17 -0800
From:	Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, matt.fleming@...el.com,
	linux@....linux.org.uk
Cc:	leif.lindholm@...aro.org, grant.likely@...aro.org,
	dave.martin@....com, msalter@...hat.com, patches@...aro.org,
	Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH V6 8/8] Add config EFI_STUB for ARM to Kconfig

The previous patches have added the implementation of the EFI stub
functionality to the kernel, so now the Kconfig support is added
to enable it.

Signed-off-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 1ab24cc..b650a38 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1867,6 +1867,17 @@ config EFI
 	  However, even with this option, the resultant kernel will
 	  continue to boot on non-UEFI platforms.
 
+config EFI_STUB
+	bool "EFI stub support"
+	depends on EFI && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+	---help---
+	  This kernel feature allows a zImage to be loaded directly by EFI
+	  firmware without the use of a bootloader.  A PE/COFF header is
+	  added to the zImage in a way that makes the binary both a Linux
+	  zImage and an PE/COFF executable that can be executed directly by
+	  EFI firmware.
+	  See Documentation/efi-stub.txt for more information.
+
 config SECCOMP
 	bool
 	prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
-- 
1.7.10.4

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