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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: only load initrd above 4g on second try
    On 08/26/2014 02:45 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
    > Mantas found that after commit 4bf7111f5016 ("x86/efi: Support initrd
    > loaded above 4G"), the kernel freezes at the earliest possible moment
    > when trying to boot via UEFI on Asus laptop.
    >
    > There are buggy EFI implementations: with EFI run time, kernel need
    > to load file with 512bytes alignment when buffer is above 4G.
    >

    This makes absolutely zero sense. Please explain what the actual
    problem is here.

    -hpa



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