linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Fix x86_64 UEFI outdated references to elilo

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Message-ID: <20250108113058.GA897619@lichtman.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 11:30:58 +0000
From: Nir Lichtman <nir@...htman.org>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
Cc: corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Fix x86_64 UEFI outdated references to
 elilo

On Wed, Jan 08, 2025 at 08:46:24AM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 06, 2025 at 10:35:26PM +0000, Nir Lichtman wrote:
> > +Refer to <Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst> for general setup guidelines on usage of the EFI stub, the following are setup specifics for EFI in general on the x86_64 platform.
> 
> "... for how to use EFI stub. Below is general EFI setup on x86_64 platform,
> regardless of whether using EFI stub or separate bootloader."
> 

Thanks will fix

> > -- Create a VFAT partition on the disk
> > -- Copy the following to the VFAT partition:
> > +- Create a VFAT partition on the disk with the EFI System flag
> > +    You can do this with fdisk with the following commands:
> > +    1. g - initialize a GPT partition table
> > +    2. n - create a new partition
> > +    3. t - change the partition type to "EFI System" (number 1)
> > +    4. w - write and save the changes
> 
> I see running paragraph instead of numbered list in htmldocs output.

My bad thanks for checking, will shortly send a v2 with the fixes, thanks for the review!

Nir

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
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