Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:44:14 +0800 | From | Dave Young <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] x86: add xloadflags bit for efi runtime support on kexec |
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On 11/27/13 at 03:27pm, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 01:57:54PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > > Old kexec-tools can not load new kernel. The reason is previously kexec-tools > > The reason is, kexec-tools ... previously, thus efi failed to initialize ...
Good suggestion
> > > do not fill efi_info in x86 setup header thus efi init fail and switch > > to noefi boot. In new kexec-tools it will by default fill efi_info and > > pass other efi required infomation to 2nd kernel so kexec kernel efi > > initialization will success finally. > > succeed
Will fix
> > > > > To prevent from breaking userspace, add a new xloadflags bit so kexec-tools > > will check the flag and switch to old logic. > > > > changelog: > > Matt: +&& defined(CONFIG_KEXEC) > > HPA: document the flag. > > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> > > Other than that: > > Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> >
Thanks Dave
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