Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:00:06 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86, eboot: Support initrd loaded above 4G | From | Yinghai Lu <> |
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On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jun, at 03:28:19PM, Matt Fleming wrote: >> On Sat, 14 Jun, at 12:23:41PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: >> > For boot efi kernel directly without bootloader. >> > If the kernel support XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G, we should >> > not limit initrd under hdr->initrd_add_max. > > Well, fooey. This patch breaks one of my ASUS machines. It appears some > firmware implementations exhibit issues reading directly into a buffer > above the 4GB mark. > > I haven't diagnosed exactly what goes wrong with the buffer (i.e. in > what way it becomes corrupt), but I should really do that before > thinking of how to fix this. > > I'll keep you posted, I just wanted to give you a heads up that things > are screwy in this area.
Oh, no.
so efi could allocate buffer above 4g but can not access it?
Yinghai
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