linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] Linux 3.14 fails to boot with new EFI changes

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Message-ID: <20140131080428.GA29136@console-pimps.org>
Date:	Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:04:28 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Russ Anderson <rja@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] Linux 3.14 fails to boot with new EFI changes

On Thu, 30 Jan, at 04:19:50PM, Alex Thorlton wrote:
> Re-adding lkml.
 
Also add linux-efi.

> 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.

Do you have details of the failure, links to bug reports? Is it a
limitation of the firmware?

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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