linux-kernel - Re: Loading initrd above 4G causes freeze on boot

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Message-ID: <CAPWNY8V8D74CNXGhDwp2gpPpeV2F=Qao32i-0Mhq=9zhvDXLLw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:08:59 +0300
From:	Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@...il.com>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Cc:	Harald Hoyer <harald@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Loading initrd above 4G causes freeze on boot

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Aug, at 10:19:04PM, Mantas Mikulėnas wrote:
>>
>> Finally got around to testing it, and yes, your patch fixes the initrd
>> boot for me.
>
> Could you found out where the initrd gets loaded with this patch? It'll
> be in the dmesg.
>
> --
> Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

Well, all I could find is:

> Freeing initrd memory: 5552K (ffff8800be22e000 - ffff8800be79a000)

Attaching the entire log.

-- 
Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@...il.com>

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